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 ...

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In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

The Kuiper Belt is loosely defined as a doughnut-shaped swath of space beginning just beyond the orbit of Neptune and ...

University of Virginia astronomy undergraduates focus on the shadows of asteroids and dwarf planets for their Earth-bound ...

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Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

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Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...