A kindergartener in 2005 and a kindergartener in 2006 would have learned very different facts about the number of planets in the solar system. 2006, of course, was the year Pluto was reclassified as a ...

In 2015, scientists got their best glimpse yet of dwarf planets, when two NASA spacecraft visited distant worlds. In March, the Dawn mission arrived at Ceres, which lies in the asteroid belt between ...

Am I seeing spots before my eyes? New images from the Dawn spacecraft show lots more detail on the asteroid Ceres. We're getting closer and closer to Pluto. Asteroid / dwarf planet Ceres mystery white ...

This month binocular and small telescope observers of Colorado skies will have a unique opportunity to observe a peripheral player in the ongoing controversy over the status of the outer solar system ...

Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will arrive there on March 6. Pluto is the largest object in the Kuiper belt, and NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

If you woke up Thursday morning and sensed something was different about the world around you, you’re absolutely right. Pluto is no longer a planet. The International Astronomical Union, wrapping up ...

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted on the definition of a planet. Famously, Pluto no longer met the criteria and was demoted to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess ...

Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Animation made from still images of Ceres taken by Dawn on Feb. 4, 2015. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI New images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal ...