Peering to the outskirts of our solar system, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark moon orbiting Makemake, the second brightest icy dwarf planet after Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. The ...

New observations suggest that the dwarf planet Makemake is surrounded by faintly glowing methane gas. Scientists are unsure ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a ...

NEW ORLEANS — When astronomer Jackie Faherty peered into space using information from the James Webb Space Telescope, there was something she couldn't take her eyes off of. Brown dwarf W1935, a world ...

JWST's surprise discovery of methane emissions and likely aurorae over a distant brown dwarf could indicate this "failed star" is orbited by an active moon. When you purchase through links on our site ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope recently discovered a small moon orbiting an icy dwarf planet in the distant reaches of our solar system. MK 2 is 100 miles in diameter and is at least 13,000 miles from ...

Recent telescope data revealed that a small planet in the far reaches of our solar system has a dense ring round it. And scientists are baffled as to why. Recent telescope data revealed that a small ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. Pluto - for the record - is still classified as a dwarf planet. Astronomer Larry Wasserman of Lowell ...

You can catch the first full moon of the year on Monday night. January's wolf moon will officially be the first full moon of 2025 at 4:27 p.m. CT. Space is a big place, so keen stargazers will have ...

"The speed at which this doomed stellar system is lurching wildly, likely due to the extreme brightness, is a frantic sign of ...

This compact and portable smart telescope provides an affordable way for beginners to get started with astroimaging.