When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Beyond the familiar planets lies a fascinating frontier filled with icy worlds, mysterious orbits ...

More than 50 times further from the Sun than Earth, the tiny dwarf planet Makemake is one of the last places you'd expect to ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially classified as a Dwarf Planet. This title refers to a body which is smaller than a planet, with many of the same ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research based on NASA's Dawn mission data suggests the dwarf planet Ceres, once deemed ...

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This discovery makes Makemake only ...

Dwarf planet Ceres now appears less like a dead rock and more like a world that may have briefly brimmed with potential for life ...