Pluto and its dwarf planet brethren have a new friend. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the name of a new dwarf planet to join the existing four in the solar system. The object ...

In terms of sheer weirdness, few objects in the solar system can compete with the dwarf planet Haumea. It has a strange shape, unusual brightness, two moons, and a wild rotation. Its unique features, ...

A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea, after the Hawaiian goddess of childbirth and fertility. Haumea’s name was approved Wednesday by the ...

A ‘dwarf planet’ in the deepest reaches of our solar system is covered in crystalline ice, it has been revealed. Haumea was discovered in 2004 but new findings from European scientists have now ...

Pluto and its dwarf planet brethren have a new friend. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced the name of a new dwarf planet to join the existing four in the solar system. The object ...