The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet, 2017 OF201, far beyond Pluto. This discovery challenges existing ...

A small team led by Sihao Cheng, Martin A. and Helen Chooljian Member in the Institute for Advanced Study's School of Natural ...

In a thrilling development that challenges long-held assumptions about the outer reaches of our solar system, astronomers ...

Pluto has become a beloved object in our solar system ever since the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it from a planet to a dwarf planet back in 2006 – a decision which has ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in our solar system.

Heat from tidal interactions might explain how Pluto retained enough thermal energy to support liquid water for extended periods. This discovery could reshape our understanding of habitability in ...

song, Interplanet Janet. Upon the discovery of its existence in 1930, Pluto enjoyed decades of special status as one of the solar system's planets. Then, in the summer of 2006, Pluto was demoted.