Astronomers have uncovered evidence of a potential second Kuiper Belt, expanding the boundaries of our solar system. Here's ...

R esearchers looking for objects in the Kuiper Belt – the donut-shaped region beyond the orbit of Neptune containing icy ...

Mexico, N.Y. – Malaki Sandejas, 8, loves a dwarf planet. Sitting next to his mom on their couch, he rattles off the five in our solar system. “The dwarf planets are Haumea, Makemake, Eris, Ceres and ...

Astronomers have uncovered a surprising group of frozen bodies orbiting the Sun, far beyond the Kuiper Belt. Using the Subaru ...

The winner of the Dwarf Planet Cash Drawing during Saturday’s Pluto Festival in Streator was Madison Vickers. The winner of the wine raffle winner was Theresa Lynch. (Derek Barichello) The winner of ...

A roundup of the day’s news including local astronomers working with Nasa to find out more about dwarf planet Pluto.

The largest Kuiper Belt objects include Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris. Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. The Kuiper Belt is believed to be the source of most periodic comets.

Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto all have quasi-moons which will eventually change their paths and leave orbit. Even ...

Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...

For observers in India, Neptune will be visible throughout most of the night on September 21-22, rising in the east just as ...

Astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have discovered a new planet in the constellation of the Great Bear. It has a mass as much as 11 times that of Jupiter, orbits its star ...

As we celebrate the English composer’s 150th anniversary, we reflect on ten of the best works he wrote, including The Planets ...