Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf ...

It must have cleared all other celestial bodies, except its own moons, from its orbit.

There are five known dwarf planets in our solar system. One of them is named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of corn, ...

Every object in our Solar System is held in place by the Sun ... The largest object is the asteroid belt is the dwarf planet Ceres, which is 950km in diameter (that's about the same the length ...

In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One ...

Are there hidden planets in our solar system? New technologies, like the powerful Rubin Observatory, brings us closer to ...

The solar system has nine planets, but in 2006 the International Astronomical Union declared Pluto a dwarf planet, making the ...

This image of Pluto, one of 77 composite photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, shows the dwarf planet lit from behind by the Sun, surrounded by a tenuous, hazy blue ...

On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

Best known for driving demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet, astronomer Mike Brown discusses the next horizons in our solar system, including the hunt for the elusive Planet 9. This article was ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A dwarf planet called Ceres could offer some amazing insights into our quest to ...