The origin of a dwarf planet living in our solar system was a subject of debate for several years among astronomers. They now seem to have settled it. Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, has ...

A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

A “dwarf planet” discovered at the start of the 19th century has been mystifying scientists for hundreds of years. Now, ...

First rocky planet found orbiting white dwarf offers insight into Earth's potential survival after sun's death.

For decades, astronomers have seen the "before" and "after" of this process — when a planet is orbiting very close to its ...

The discovery of an Earth-sized planet orbiting a white dwarf shows a possible future for Earth billions of years from now.

The discovery of an Earth-like planet 4,000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy provides a preview of one possible fate ...

A new study reveals that the dwarf planet Ceres is much icier than previously thought, possibly harboring a subsurface ocean.

"We do not currently have a consensus whether Earth could avoid being engulfed by the red giant sun in 6 billion years." ...

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, may hold a substantial amount of water ice beneath its surface, like an ...

The red giant phase is pretty crazy. The star's outer atmosphere can expand to hundreds of times its initial size; some ...

The search for a second Earth within the Milky Way is ongoing, but a recently discovered planet falls short of the mark.