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

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 methane gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for the first time. This finding overturns the previous belief that Makemake is ...

Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...

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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.

Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

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

It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...

The dwarf planet Pluto and its five known natural satellites (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra) may be frigid, but ...

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

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