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Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThree notable celestial bodies are seen as lit crescents, one in the foreground takes up half the...
Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma...
Is Pluto a planet? Some no longer consider it one, but others believe it should be.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Many Americans grew up with this as the definitive planetary lineup and created clever mnemonic devices to memorize them ...
What's the smallest known asteroid? What about the largest?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoField of asteroids with space background and glowing orange shiny star. Asteroids constantly zoom...
Why alien life could be thriving on the "terminator line" of exoplanets
Salon via Yahoo News· 6 months agoNASA Red Dwarf Planet concept NASA/D. Aguilar/Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics In distant...
Could a star ever become a planet?
Live Science via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIllustration of a red planet surrounded by asteroids. A star shine in the background. Stars twinkle in the night sky, even millions of light-years away,...
What is the smallest known planet?
Space via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPluto and Charon appear in a composite of natural-color images obtained by New Horizons space probe on July 13 and 14, 2015. Image released July 24,...
On This Day, Aug. 24: Hurricane Andrew makes landfall in Florida
United Press International via Yahoo News· 9 months agoOn August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew smashed into Florida south of Miami with sustained winds of 145...
An 11-year-old interviewed an astronomer about Pluto's planet status. The result is
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEverything you know about Pluto is probably wrong. Just ask a kid. Kids are much more up-to-date...
People Are Sharing All The "Small Hills" They Would Absolutely Die On, And I Cannot Get Enough
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 5 months agoI've written before about "small hills" that people say they're willing to die on, and you guys seem...