Could we put out the sun with a sun-sized orb of water?
18 July 2023
What would happen if we pushed a sun-sized ball of water into our star? The Dead Planets Society podcast dives into the possibilities
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Found 28 results for dwarf planet
Our solar system could be hiding an extra planet the size of Uranus
27 June 2023
Many planets are thought to be flung away from their stars, but it’s possible that some get trapped on the way out – and one could be lurking at the edge of our own solar system
Dwarf planet Quaoar has a weirdly big ring of debris encircling it
8 February 2023
Quaoar, a dwarf planet in our solar system, has a ring of debris orbiting it that is far further out than we thought the laws of physics allow
A long-lost rogue planet could explain unexpectedly distant asteroids
1 October 2022
The outer solar system holds some chunks of ice and rock that orbit so far from the sun it’s hard to imagine how they got there – but an ancient rogue planet may hold the key
Is our solar system a cosmic oddity? Evidence from exoplanets says yes
1 December 2021
When we started finding planetary systems around other stars we thought many of them would be like ours. We’ve now found hundreds – and it’s so far, so wrong
Dwarf planet Ceres may be home to an underground ocean
10 August 2020
New analysis of data from the Dawn spacecraft suggests there may be a liquid water ocean beneath the Occator crater on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system
Surprisingly round asteroid may actually be the smallest dwarf planet
28 October 2019
The best ever image of the asteroid Hygiea has revealed its shape for the first time and it looks as if it is round enough to be a tiny dwarf planet like Pluto
The solar system has too many moons – it's time for a cull
23 October 2019
Designating rocks just a few kilometres across as moons is misleading and ridiculous. We need to do a Pluto and cut moons down to size, argues Leah Crane
By Jupiter! How the solar system’s giant made Earth ripe for life
22 May 2019
An audacious mission circling Jupiter’s poles is probing the planet’s deepest mysteries - including how it shaped our solar system and paved the way for our existence
You can help name the largest unnamed world in the solar system
9 April 2019
A dwarf planet known only as 2007 OR10 is about to get a proper name after more than a decade - and the public can help decide what we call it
