For kids like 10-year-old Leila Boser, Pluto is not forgotten, it’s just a little bit different. When asked what Pluto is, she replied correctly that it’s a “dwarf planet”—the new ...

And that is cool. Kids in school are learning about the eight planets and the (currently) five dwarf planets. In order from the Sun, we first find Ceres – the largest object in the asteroid belt.

We won’t be able to measure dwarf planets there for a very long time, but the ones we’ve found in our own solar system can teach us about how planets form everywhere. Hello, curious kids!

OF201 spends only 1% of its orbital time close enough to us to be detectable. The presence of this single object suggests ...

From the smallest stars to the largest planets, discover the cosmic marvels ... my ex and I decided to try 'nesting.' Our kids live in the family home and we take turns staying with them.

The dwarf planet Quaoar sports a ring that lies outside ... These small apples sold well as ‘lunch box apples’ for kids to take to school.” Online, the story inspired T­witter user ...

Pluto, the largest of those dwarf planets, has a diameter of about 2,377km. The mass of 2017 OF201 is estimated to be about 20,000 times smaller than Earth's and 50 times smaller than Pluto's. "We ...

In fact, Ceres makes up 25% of the total mass of the asteroid belt. Still, Ceres remains a dwarf planet. Perhaps as it should, given Pluto's relegation to dwarf planet — Pluto is 14 times larger ...

The dwarf planet Makemake, which chills out in the deep freeze of the outer Solar System, might be home to an ice volcano 1. Makemake is one of many icy worlds that orbit the Sun past Neptune.

Samantha Lawler, Assistant professor, Astronomy, University of Regina "Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet? Because for me it just makes it more confusing in our solar system.