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 ...

Welcome to Libra Season. Libra is all about balance, but that doesn’t mean they live on an even keel. More than anyone else ...

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.

Scientific discovery is a funny thing. Sometimes it occurs quite accidentally, sometimes after a conscious search. A perfect example of the latter is the ...

On average, mini-moons remain in Earth’s orbit for anything from a few months to two years with the asteroid eventually ...

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.

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 ...