Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans; Thayne Currie, ... Another candidate for the largest planet, HAT-P-67 b, ...

Eris is the largest dwarf planet in the Solar System, and the ninth largest body orbiting our Sun.Sometimes referred to as the “tenth planet,” its discovery is responsible for upsetting the ...

Dwarf Planets; Biggest Mysteries of the Dwarf Planet Ceres. News. By Elizabeth Howell published 30 June 2016 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

In a universe full of planets, 2007 OR10 is something special. It’s big, just slightly smaller than the size of Pluto. And it’s close, within our very own ...

Pluto is still not a planet, but it may have regained some of its former glory—new pictures suggest the demoted world is in fact the biggest dwarf planet of them all.. While Pluto had always ...

An illustration lines up the solar system’s four largest dwarf planets, with 2007 OR10 in the middle of the pack. (Credit: Andras Pal / Konkoly Observatory, Ivan Eder / Hungarian Astronomical ...

Ceres' location in the asteroid belt is intriguing because the dwarf planet is so much bigger and rounder than its companions. Even the 330-mile-wide (530 km) Vesta is irregularly shaped.

Another dwarf planet at the edge of the Solar System has been found to have a small companion moon. The world, named 2007 OR10, is the third largest dwarf planet that we know about — around 955 ...

The planet is about 690 miles wide, making it the seventh largest trans-Neptunian object, while former solar system planets Pluto and Eris are the biggest in the region.

If becomes such, it will be the smallest dwarf planet in our solar system. Astronomer Annibale de Gasparis discovered the asteroid in 1849. Hygiea is not deemed potentially hazardous as its orbit ...

The combined data reveals that Snow White has a diameter of around 1,535 kilometres: far larger than its previously presumed diameter of 1,280 kilometres, making it the third largest dwarf planet ...

Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, are seen from the surface of one of the dwarf planet's smaller moons. Illustration courtesy G. Bacon, STScI/ESA/NASA New Finds Drive Debate ...