Ceres, the only dwarf planet in our inner solar system, is covered in ice and salt deposits. Its daytime temperatures range ...

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.

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

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

Astronomers have discovered what they think may be another moon orbiting a distant dwarf planet called Quaoar. This small, ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...

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 ...

There are quite a few other places we might find life in the solar system, including dwarf planets like Ceres. Ceres is ...

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A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

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Astronomers are researching an Earth-like exoplanet that could contain water, according to NASA. The exoplanet, named ...