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

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 ...

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

"The most exciting part of the HSC was the discovery of 11 objects at distances beyond the known Kuiper Belt," said Yoshida.

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I’m implicated as an accessory to the demotion of Pluto,” the astrophysicist tells PEOPLE, explaining why they are upset ...

Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did ...

"My colleagues and I were over the moon when we were invited to participate in an international mission funded by Nasa." ...

Despite its demotion, many in Streator and around the world still believe Pluto should be considered a planet, along with the ...

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Analysis - When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun's ninth planet, many astronomers and non-experts alike were shocked.