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 newly found object may set a new record for the most distant dwarf planet in the solar system.. The object, called V774104, lies about nine and a half billion miles from the sun, or two to three ...

The Subaru telescope located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawai'i has found a new world within our Solar System, dubbed ...

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

KQ14, nicknamed "Ammonite", was discovered using the Subaru Telescope and is a highly elliptical object with a perihelion and ...

New Dwarf Planet Found At The Solar System's Outer Limits : The Two-Way The tiny world is a pink-hued ball of ice in an area of space once thought to be relatively empty. But the new findings hint ...

"Thanks to these images, Hygiea may be reclassified as a dwarf planet, so far the smallest in the Solar System," he added. The new observations helped astronomers determine that Hygiea has a ...

The category "dwarf planet" was created in 2006 to make room for the many large bodies being discovered on the outer reaches of the solar system. Here's a tour of the five currently recognized ...

The smallest object in the solar system that has earned the title of "dwarf planet" (prior to this new discovery) is Ceres, which lies in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars. Ceres is 590 ...

A large asteroid could be reclassified as a dwarf planet – which could make it the smallest in the solar system – after new research revealed its shape, astronomers said on Monday.

The Solar System has a new most-distant member, bringing its outer frontier into focus. New work from Carnegie’s Scott Sheppard and Chadwick Trujillo of the Gemini Observatory reports the ...

Astronomers have found a new dwarf planet far beyond Pluto's orbit, suggesting that this distant realm contains millions of undiscovered objects — including, perhaps, a world larger than Earth.