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

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

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

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College will open this fall for public viewing on Thursday evenings, 7:30-9:30 pm, weather permitting. You can follow activities on Instagram@keebleobservatory ...

The tradition of chivalry was very much alive in the West Virginia hills when future Governor Kump and his brother were young ...

Using Pluto as an example, this celestial body, once considered the ninth planet, was redefined as a dwarf planet in 2006.

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 ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in ...

For years, astronomers believed that Makemake, one of the brightest icy bodies beyond Neptune, was a frozen relic of the outer solar system. New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ...

It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...

Ceres is the largest object within the solar system's main asteroid ... But it is large enough to be considered a "dwarf planet" like Pluto, which lost its full planetary status in 2006. There are ...