While Charon is currently listed as a satellite or moon by the International Astronomical Union (IAU), consideration is being given to it perhaps being classified as a dwarf planet in its own right, ...

The theory could explain how the dwarf planet (yeah, we wish Pluto was still ... like Eris and Dysnomia, Orcus and Vanth, and the others," Denton explained. "Our initial analysis suggests that ...

such as the dwarf planets Eris and Orcus and their respective moons Dysnomia and Vanth. “I’d really like to determine how the initial Pluto-Charon impact can influence whether and how Pluto ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few areas ...

The Dawn space probe found organic molecules on the dwarf planet around ten years ago. A Max Planck team used AI to investigate where they came from. During measurements with the spectrometer ...

Pluto, our planet of profound change and ultimate reckoning, has set up shop in Aquarius, and the energy of the dwarf daddy of death’s transit will have a weighty effect on all of us.