The methane emission is explained by solar-excited fluorescence. Sunlight interacts with methane molecules, causing them to ...

The Webb Telescope Makes a Major Contribution, Discovering Clues About the Planet's Atmosphere ...

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

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

Makemake supposedly exhibits a diameter of 890 miles, making it two-thirds the size of Pluto, according to Earth.com. Past reports claimed that the astronomical body did not exhibit a substantial ...

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

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

New models suggest that Ceres, the asteroid belt's largest object, once had a radioactive core that could have sustained life ...

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

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the ...

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

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