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For many of us, the idea of a solar system with just eight planets is a fundamental concept in science. However, since Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, Neptune has stood as the last ...

Ammonite was discovered using the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, with follow-up confirmation from the Canada-France-Hawaii ...

On May 20, 2024, X account @MAstronomers posted a colorful image of a celestial object and claimed it showed the dwarf planet Pluto.. The X account wrote: "This is Pluto! Pluto used to be the ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

A new dwarf planet has been discovered in the icy realms of space beyond Neptune, researchers said Monday. An international team of astronomers spotted the tiny world using the Canada-France ...

It's time to have a talk about dwarf planets. Everyone's always acting like Pluto's demotion is a horrible thing, and now we find out that the dwarf planet 2007 OR10 is the largest unnamed object ...

Though our cosmic backyard brims with planets, few seem fit for life as we know it. Some do orbit at just the right distance for water to stay liquid, but their hothead young stars tend to douse ...