The ring is not Haumea’s only distinctive feature. The dwarf planet also has an unusual shape – elongated, resembling a rugby ball. Haumea has two moons, and is one of four dwarf planets ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover aerospace, astronomy & hosted The Cosmic Controversy Podcast. In the frenzy to find life elsewhere in the solar system ...

New telescope data has revealed that a dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system has a dense ring around it, leaving scientists and astronomers confused as to why. Scientists at the ...

It's almost like a stellar toddler sometimes gets into a bad mood and takes it out on a nearby stress ... red dwarf star named AU Microscopii is absolutely tormenting one of its very own planets ...

Brian is a Boston-based Forbes breaking news reporter. Astronomers discovered a ring around a distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune at a distance from the dwarf planet that was previously thought to ...

A dwarf planet thought to have some ice mixed in with ... Craters have deep bowls which produce high stresses that then relax ...

The Kuiper Belt is a massive ring composed of interstellar objects such as dwarf planets, asteroids, carbon masses and icy volatile elements like methane and ammonia. The celestial scrapyard sits ...

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 ...

Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...