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

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

Astrobiologists have wondered if simple, microbial life could exist on Ceres, the closest frozen ocean world to Earth at an ...

When the vote passed, Pluto was no longer considered a planet and instead became the most famous dwarf planet in the solar ...

Previously, scientists believed that Ceres' crust consisted of only 30% water ice. However, thanks to the data from the Dawn ...

Quaoar is the fifth dwarf planet from the Sun, in the Kuiper belt, located in the Kuiper belt, one of the outermost regions of the Solar System. Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the ...

Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet, due in part to its very public demotion from ninth planet of the solar system two decades ago. But a relatively obscure dwarf planet in the main asteroid ...

The first rocky planet ever spotted orbiting a burned out star called a white dwarf offers a glimpse of what may be in store ...

A color-enhanced view of Ceres, the nearest dwarf planet to Earth, high­lights its Oc­ca­tor crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet ...

Astronomers have found an Earth-like exoplanet orbiting a distant white dwarf, shedding light on the possible future of our own planet. Although the exoplanet may no longer be habitable, its survival ...