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The Moon is a Planet and not a Moon, as is Pluto, Claims new Study

Feb 28, 2017 12:18 AM EST

"In keeping with both sound scientific classification and people's intuition, we propose a geophysically based definition of planet ..."

Scientists Deeply Look What is Inside the Wandering Heart of the Planet Pluto and See How Cold It is

Theena Ocay |

Nov 17, 2016 08:27 PM EST

Scientists deeply look what is inside the wandering heart of the planet Pluto and found out more evidence that help them to conclude that the planet could be hiding an ocean of water beneath its icy surface.

New Evidence Points to Pluto Being a Planet … Sort of

Arthur Dominic Villasanta |

May 08, 2016 08:34 PM EDT

Pluto's interaction with the solar wind is like nothing astronomers have seen ever before.

Are You Ready For NASA’s Pluto Flyby? 5 Facts About Distant Dwarf Planet

KJ Belonio |

Jul 03, 2015 04:23 AM EDT

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will gather information about the mysterious dwarf planet, Pluto. Excitement is now escalating as the probe makes its closest approach of the dwarf planet on July 16. While we’re practically learning more about Pluto every day, the flyby will give us more detailed and far-superior images of this diminutive member of the solar system.

What Is Saturn's Age

KJ Belonio |

Jun 30, 2015 03:45 PM EDT

Planets typically cool with age. However, Saturn is a mystery to astrophysicists in terms of the connection between its age and temperature since the planet is much hotter than its expected age if it is in line with rest of solar system. But scientists believe that the planet is two billion years older than its temperature indicates.

Astrophysicists Capture Planets’ Weather Forecast

Cristian Andal |

May 14, 2015 07:42 AM EDT

Astrophysicists have found proof of the weather condition in the nearby planets using the NASA’s Kepler space telescope. The team focuses in creating weather forecast based on the different phase of the planets that are reflected from their source light.

After Nine Years, New Horizons Takes First Photos of Pluto

Marco Foronda |

Feb 06, 2015 05:12 AM EST

Astronomers said it represents a big step forward in getting man's clearest-ever view of the distant dwarf planet.

Liquid Carbon Dioxide Oceans could have Existed on Venus

Marco Foronda |

Jan 01, 2015 06:03 AM EST

Venus is usually described as 'hellish' due to sulfuric acid but it's Earth's twin planet.

Startling Photos Show Formation Of Solar System

David Perry |

Nov 07, 2014 07:41 AM EST

Scientists in Chile have captured the most detailed photo yet of the birth of a planetary system outside of our own.

Hubble Maps Distant Hot Exoplanet

Marc Maligalig |

Oct 10, 2014 03:53 PM EDT

A team of researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder used BASA's Hubble Space Telescope to create the most detailed global map of a planet twice the size of Jupiter, hot enough to melt steel and 260 light-years away.

New Planet Forms 355 Light Years from Earth

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 05, 2014 05:41 AM EDT

This prospective planet is the second one that researchers have observed orbiting the star.

Lunar Rocks Show Evidence that Earth Collided with Planet Theia to Form Moon

Katie Collom |

Jun 06, 2014 06:22 AM EDT

New studies of moon rocks from the Apollos missions show that the Earth collided with a Mars-sized planet and debris from both planets formed the moon.