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
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Found 4 results for dwarf planet
Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected
11 October 2017
The tiny world Haumea has a ring, the most distant we’ve found in our solar system. This may mean rings encircle other far-off worlds in the solar system
It could be snowing on Mars right now
21 August 2017
The Red Planet may have had intense snowstorms long ago when it was wetter, but a model shows it could still have violent snowfall at night when the clouds cool
Stars can start shining at a smaller mass than we thought
15 May 2017
Objects with only 6.7 per cent of the sun’s mass can be stars, according to a fresh measurement of how massive an object must be to achieve nuclear fusion
