Recent studies suggest that the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have once contained a muddy ocean beneath its surface. This new understanding ...

We explore various proposed resolutions, including the possibility that intelligent life is only listening to the cosmos, and ...

Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy world we see today? This is what a | Space ...

New computer simulations show how a now-frozen ocean of water mixed with dirt and rock could explain geological features on ...

Looking for water in outer space is no easy feat, however a dwarf planet that was believed to have a little bit of H2O on its ...

As much as over 90 percent of the dwarf planet's crust could be water ice, giving some insight, the researchers believe, into ...

In the outer reaches of the Solar System, beyond the ice giant Neptune, lies a ring of comets and dwarf planets known as the ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of ...

Claims of worlds orbiting Barnard’s star have been made before. But an advanced instrument could provide the breakthrough ...

After decades of searching, a telltale gravitational wobble points to an exoplanet orbiting the nearby red dwarf every 3.15 days.

A solar eclipse showcased a 'ring of fire' over Easter Island and Patagonia, while scientists achieved a neurobiological milestone by mapping the fruit fly brain. Additionally, a new rocky planet was ...

Scientists discovered that Barnard’s Star wobbles a full 20 inches (50 cm) per second — five times Earth’s effect on the Sun ...