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

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.

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 ...

A detailed study of a cosmic mystery known as "The Accident" has now provided new insight into the formation of clouds on ...

White dwarfs may still host habitable planets. Conditions like tidal heating and migration shape their potential for life. The Sun will eventually die. This will occur when it exhausts the hydrogen ...

In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the Lasker Awards for biomedical research, how gene editing could cure ...

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

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

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

TRAPPIST-1 is one of the most promising places to study Earth-like planets outside our solar system. Among its seven rocky ...

JWST confirms GJ 1132 b lacks an atmosphere. This challenges the habitability of planets around M-dwarfs. Astronomers often encounter conflicting results when investigating cosmic questions. This is a ...

Astronomers studying an oddball brown dwarf called “The Accident” have finally spotted silane, a long-predicted silicon ...