Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the ...

The dwarf planet Ceres, tucked away in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long been considered a quiet, frozen ...

Even if life never took hold on Ceres, the discovery could help broaden the range of environments that could potentially be ...

"The results provide a rare, detailed look at how planet-forming chemistry operates in the extreme environments around brown ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her ...

When planets and moons orbit a white dwarf, the star's gravity may rip them apart into tiny pieces, which may happen in Earth's far future.

Eris and Makemake, two dwarf planets beyond Neptune, may be host to geothermal activity and therefore be more habitable than was once thought.

A newly found object could be a dwarf planet that contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis.

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.