New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

At the vast edge of the solar system, Pluto has long been perceived as a cold and lonely dwarf planet. However, a recent ...

What if Pluto wasn’t the end? What if our Solar System hides dozens - maybe hundreds - of strange frozen worlds beyond Neptune? In this video, we take you on a journey through the mysterious outer ...

There, nitrogen and methane have turned into ice, covering the entire planet. Yet in this icy landscape, scientists speculate that there may be a liquid ocean beneath the ice, and this ocean might ...

This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound observations.

Scientists studying the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1e may have found hints of an atmosphere. If confirmed, it could be an ...

Mars is a world defined by extremes: it boasts the largest volcano in the solar system, canyons that dwarf Earth’s Grand Canyon, and dust storms that can swallow the planet for weeks at a time. Yet ...