A team of scientists at the Institute for Advanced Study School of Natural Sciences in Princeton, New Jersey, might have found a new dwarf planet, potentially leading to more evidence of a ...

A new discovery may mean Planet Nine is cancelled. . | Credit: nagualdesign; Tom Ruen, background taken from File:ESO - Milky Way.jpg/Wikimedia Commons A potential new dwarf planet has been ...

That trend is perfectly illustrated by the DWARF 3 smart telescope from DwarfLab. Not long after I reviewed their DWARF II model in Astronomy’s August 2024 issue, the company announced its next ...

The five dwarf planets recognized by the International Astronomical Union are Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea and Makemake—and these are pictured with 2017 OF201 in a telescope image. Dwarf planets ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Alyce by emailing a.collins@newsweek.com A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of ...

Return to Ceres: This dwarf planet could contain the clues to life’s origins Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

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 ...

A composite image comparing the relative sizes of our solar system's known dwarf planets, including the newly discovered 2017 OF201. | Credit: Sihao Cheng et al. Scientists have found evidence of ...

In contrast, dwarf galaxies have often been underrepresented in such studies because of their low luminosity and the challenges associated with sparse sampling. However, the USTC research team has ...

The TNO is potentially large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet, the same category as the much more well-known Pluto. The new object is one of the most distant visible objects in our solar system ...

Red Dwarf fans have only just realised that one iconic moment from the show was completely unscripted. The BBC sci-fi comedy series launched in 1988 and ran for 10 years before returning in 2009.

It's finally happened. Dwarf Fortress, the dazzlingly complex colony sim that was free for almost 20 years before becoming a massive hit on Steam, has sold 1 million copies since it tunnelled onto ...