A recently discovered celestial body is rewriting our knowledge of the Kuiper Belt and maybe challenging the existence of the ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

On 24 August 2006, Pluto's status was downgraded from a full sized planet, which it had donned for more than 70 years, to a dwarf planet by ... more might be found to rival Pluto in size ...

This means Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet rather than a major planet like its formerly assumed siblings. Dwarf planets are smaller planets that do not meet all three categories of a planet.

Still, Ceres remains a dwarf planet. Perhaps as it should, given Pluto's relegation to dwarf planet — Pluto is 14 times larger than Ceres. Both Ceres and Pluto are given this designation because ...

Although the photo does show Pluto, the colors within it appear to have been enhanced. On May 20, 2024, X account @MAstronomers posted a colorful image of a celestial object and claimed it showed ...

No no no, not that Pluto, this Pluto the planet, or should I say, the dwarf planet on august 24th 2006. The ninth planet from the sun was *** officially demoted to *** dwarf planet by *** group of ...

IAU members decided that there were three criteria to be a planet — and Pluto didn't meet all of them. But planetary scientist Wladymir Lyra says that even though it was downgraded to a dwarf ...