Our Solar System is home to many unique planetary bodies, including protoplanets and dwarf planets. Here are the unique ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

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.

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans ...

Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits, and cosmic curiosities. These are the dwarf planets—small but mighty members of our solar system that ...

"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 uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an orbit stretching 25,000 years and a size that may qualify it as a dwarf ...

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

Think you know Pluto? From icy plains to planetary debates, this quiz dives deep into the mysteries of our solar system’s most controversial—and captivating—dwarf planet.

While not quite big enough to be considered a planet, scientists have theorised that life once inhabited Ceres – a space body ...

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