The newcomer replacing Pluto presently goes by “Planet Nine.” If and when it finally shows up, it will get the honor of a ...

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January 5, 2005, is an astronomical anniversary that is not really marked but should be. It saw the discovery of dwarf planet ...

In 2005, Eris was discovered. It was considered the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system until a year later when Pluto was downgraded from being a planet. In 2008, tribal violence ...

Have you looked up at the night sky this season and noticed a bright object sporting a reddish hue to the left of Orion? This is none other than the planet Mars! January will be an excellent ...

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some of which include Pluto and the other dwarf planets, and others that even include the moon." One alternate definition comes from geophysics: A planet (or planetary body) is anything massive ...

Given the state of play between multiple superpower adversaries, the next 12 months may turn out to be some of the most consequential in recent history. In a sinister omen for the coming year ...

There's nothing too unusual about that, but closer inspection revealed the planet, called PSR B1620-26b, to be quite weird. It orbits not one but two objects, a pulsar and a white dwarf.

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The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel, eight types of fish, three amphibians and 10 types of butterfly. Robinson Olivera/ Conservation International This "blob-headed" fish is ...