For the first time, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has seen distinctly the “tenth planet,” currently nicknamed “Xena,” and has found that it is only slightly larger than Pluto. Though previous ...

Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to view the ninth planet in our solar system, astronomers discovered Pluto may have not one, but three moons. If confirmed, the discovery of the two new moons could ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. - NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the first ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's rendering of a white dwarf devouring a Pluto-like body. | Credit: NASA, Tim Pyle ...

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 ...

It started, as many cosmic enigmas do, with a dim dot of light on a Hubble Space Telescope photo the sort that professional astronomers are used to seeing, but never expect to upend discussion of the ...

First as a planet and then as a dwarf planet , Pluto has been a curiosity since American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered it in 1930. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...

A year after discovering Pluto's fourth moon, "P4," astronomers have learned of a fifth thanks to new images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Inventively named "P5," the moon is believed to be between ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a tiny fourth moon orbiting the distant icy dwarf planet Pluto, NASA said on Wednesday. The space telescope was searching for rings ...