The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to ...

A strange cosmic object nicknamed “The Accident” has given scientists their first glimpse of a rare silicon-based molecule ...

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Initially, scientists were filled with speculation about the composition of Ceres' bright spots, with many believing they could be water or common salts. NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which began its ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar ...

In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in ...

The methane emission is explained by solar-excited fluorescence. Sunlight interacts with methane molecules, causing them to ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...