The longest single-target search for radio signals from TRAPPIST-1 — a star system with seven planets just 41 light-years ...

New research from NASA and Purdue University suggest that dwarf planet Ceres is chock full of water ice that once flowed as a ...

Astronomers resolve longstanding mystery of Gliese 229B's dimness, despite its considerable mass. A Caltech-led team ...

This resource package is suitable for educators, students, and anyone interested in learning more about dwarf planets! Learn more about Pluto and other dwarf planets, which are defined as objects that ...

Ceres, we think, is therefore the most accessible icy world in the universe.' The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the largest object in the ...

A color-enhanced view of Ceres, the nearest dwarf planet to Earth, high­lights its Oc­ca­tor crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet ...

Ceres may have had a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust Surface features suggest ice-rich environment on Ceres Ceres offers an accessible opportunity for ocean studies ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the ...

An international team of astronomers has figured out that a famous brown dwarf is actually a pair of tight-knit brown dwarfs, weighing about 38 and 34 times the mass of Jupiter, that whip around each ...

"Gliese 229B was considered the poster-child brown dwarf, and now we know we were wrong all along about the nature of the ...

Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf star about 4,000 light-years away. This discovery ...