Artist's impression of the surface of Makemake, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto (ESO/L. Calçada/Nick Risinger) It turns out there's no…
[/caption] Back a couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article highlighting the debate between scientists on which dwarf planet…
[/caption] The controversy between Pluto and Eris regarding their status as "largest dwarf planet" continues. During a joint meeting of…
On November 6, 2010, the dwarf planet Eris occulted a faint 16 magnitude star and this was the first time…
[/caption] Or two dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt… Eris -- that pesky big dwarf planet that caused all the…
[/caption] In 2003, a celestial object was discovered, but little did astronomers know that this object, which was designated 2003ub313,…
[/caption] Throughout history, the definition of what a planet is has changed and meant various things at the same time…