In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially classified as a Dwarf Planet. This title refers to a body which is smaller than a planet, with many of the same ...
Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system ...
Strange hexagonal diamonds may have been jettisoned into space when a dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid around 4.5 billion years ago. A new model exploring the dwarf planet Ceres suggests ...