Far beyond Neptune, at the far outer rim of our Solar System, astronomers have spotted what looks like a hidden “structure” ...

Makemake, discovered in 2005, orbits the Kuiper Belt nearly 6.8 billion kilometers from the Sun and is one of the brightest objects in the outer Solar System, reflecting more than 70% of the sunlight ...

LONDON — The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper's authors have ...

Makemake, found in 2005, is one of the five officially classified dwarf planets in the solar system, in addition to Pluto, Haumea, Eris, and Ceres. It is located in the Kuiper Belt, a region that is ...

Artist’s Impression of white dwarf WD 1647+375 accreting icy planetary fragments from a Pluto-like world, creating the chemical signature identified in this study. Credit: Snehalata Sahu/University of ...

Not every meal in space is a quiet one. Sometimes stars feast on their neighbors in dramatic fashion. Recently, astronomers caught a glimpse of a white dwarf star devouring the remnants of a ...

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has captured evidence of a white dwarf star consuming the remnants of a Pluto-like object - a scenario that may predict what will happen to planets in our own ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...

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 ...