James Webb telescope spots potential conditions for life on 2 dwarf ...
WEBFeb 24, 2024 · A pair of dwarf planets lurking in the outer reaches of the solar system could still be geologically active, increasing the chances that they could support alien life, a new study suggests. The...
Hygiea may be the solar system’s smallest dwarf planet - Science News
WEBOct 28, 2019 · About 430 kilometers across, Hygiea would unseat Ceres, with its 950-kilometer diameter, as the smallest dwarf planet discovered in our solar system, researchers report online October 28 in...
Dwarf planet Ceres once had a muddy ocean, study suggests
WEB2 days ago · Here’s how it works. The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is likely made ...
ESA’s Cheops finds an unexpected ring around dwarf planet Quaoar
WEBFeb 8, 2023 · During a break from looking at planets around other stars, ESA’s CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (Cheops) mission has observed a dwarf planet in our own Solar System and made a decisive contribution to the discovery of a dense ring of material around it. The dwarf planet is known as Quaoar.
This rocky planet around a white dwarf resembles Earth — 8 …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · Astronomers have discovered a distant white dwarf with an Earth-like planet in an orbit just beyond where Mars is in our solar system. Earth could end up in such an orbit circling a white dwarf in about 8 billion years, if, like this exoplanet, it can survive the sun's red giant phase on its way to becoming a white dwarf. Adam Makarenko.
Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the ... - NPR
WEBJun 22, 2024 · Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.
Dwarf Planets Show Evidence of Recent Geologic Activity
WEBMar 27, 2024 · The dwarf planets in the outer solar system aren’t all dead balls of ice. Observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently showed that the surfaces of some have been repaved by...
Scientists find dense ring around dwarf planet, but can't ... - CBS News
WEBFeb 9, 2023 · New telescope data has revealed that a dwarf planet in the outer reaches of the solar system has a dense ring around it, leaving scientists and astronomers confused as to why.
Scientists say 2 solar system dwarf planets may harbor …
WEBFeb 20, 2024 · Two dwarf planets within our solar system, named Eris and Makemake, might exhibit enough geothermal activity to maintain oceans of liquid water within, according to modeling that describes new...
Meet Hygiea, the Smallest Dwarf Planet in Our Solar System
WEBNov 26, 2019 · New observations confirm that main asteroid belt object Hygiea is round. It now fulfills all the requirements to graduate from asteroid to dwarf planet.