Scientists have unraveled the unexpected internal structure of the dwarf planet Eris, challenging conventional assumptions about these celestial bodies. Latest modeling suggests that this dwarf ...

Close to 18 years ago, astronomers spotted a miniature, icy world named Eris billions of miles beyond Neptune. But unlike its dwarf planet cousin Pluto — which New Horizons promoted to a rich ...

And I just think it's the coolest world out there, that we know of. Brown discovered the dwarf planet Eris, a breakthrough that helped prompt a new definition of planethood. Eris is my favorite ...

and we'll let you decide whether to stick to the eight official planets or fold in the dwarf planets as well (Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris—five and counting).

discovered another small world called Eris in the Kuiper Belt — a vast ring of icy objects beyond Neptune’s orbit that also happens to be the former ninth planet’s neighborhood. The 2005 ...

A new animation shows the orbits of hundreds of dwarf planets beyond Pluto. The astronomer who compiled the data says it may capture just a small fraction of dwarf planets in the solar system.

is a disc-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune’s in the outer solar system—50 Earth-sun distances—that’s home to dwarf planets like Pluto, Makemake and Eris. It’s also thought to be ...

To honor " Interstellar's " milestone anniversary celebration, Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment is launching a new ...

It was sent back by NASA’s Curiosity rover on May 7, 2022 as it traveled through the red planet’s Mount Sharp ... back some fascinating and unexpected images. Among the images—presented ...

Credit: Frederic J Brown/AFP/Getty Images Mike Brown killed Pluto. He had his reasons. But the astronomer did not set out to reclassify the solar system’s ninth planet as a dwarf. Brown was ...

The upscaling process results in 4K images being sent to the monitor, but these images have been artificially enhanced and will have lower overall image fidelity as a result. Compared to straight ...