New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

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Astronomers have discovered 2017 OF21, a distant dwarf planet candidate located about 90 times farther from the Sun than ...

Scientists have discovered methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, a finding that has surprised astronomers studying the outer solar system.

Astronomers have discovered the remains of an icy, water-rich world being swallowed by a white dwarf star outside our solar ...

"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

University of Warwick astronomers have uncovered the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being ...

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The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Hubble observations show a white dwarf star shredding and accreting a volatile-rich, Pluto-like body 260 light-years away. The discovery suggests icy worlds can survive stellar death and hints at our ...

Hubble discovered a white dwarf planet devouring a Pluto-like object, revealing debris rich in water and nitrogen.