If you've never heard of the dwarf planet Haumea, tonight's a pretty good night to become familiar with the football-shaped celestial body. From New York City, per In-the-Sky.org, Haumea will become ...

It's not as round as it seems! When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The football-shaped dwarf planet Haumea, which is surrounded by an ...

Research from BYU doctoral student Benjamin Proudfoot and BYU astronomy professor Darin Ragozzine details the creation of the dwarf planet Haumea, solving one of astronomy's puzzles. There’s an object ...

Haumea, a dwarf planet on the edge of our solar system, doesn’t have the same kind of moons as its well-known cousin Pluto, according to a new study. This is despite original evidence that suggested ...

Ten observatories in six European countries teamed up for recent observations of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea, which surprisingly show a narrow and dense ring orbiting the dwarf ...

A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary ...

A dark red area discovered on the dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. A dark red area discovered on the dwarf planet Haumea ...

Scientists have discovered a ring system around the dwarf planet Haumea. Earlier this year, Haumea passed between Earth and a distant star, allowing planetary scientists to get a better idea of the ...

When we think of a ringed planet, most of us envision something akin to the intricate grooves of Saturn’s ring system, which have fascinated humans for centuries. Yet a recent astronomical observation ...

The International Astronomical Union has announced that the object previously known as 2003 EL61 is to be classified as the fifth dwarf planet in the Solar System and named Haumea. This now means that ...

Astronomers have found a ring of particles surrounding a small, distant space rock at the edge of our Solar System. The ring encircles a strange world called Haumea, a dwarf planet that’s shaped a bit ...