When we think of a ringed planet, most of us envision something akin to the intricate grooves of Saturn’s ring system, which have fascinated humans for centuries. Yet a recent astronomical observation ...

The peculiar dwarf planet Haumea has just gotten more peculiar with the discovery of some faint rings. One of the largest dwarf planets in our solar system, Haumea is found within the Kuiper belt band ...

Ten observatories in six European countries teamed up for recent observations of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea, which surprisingly show a narrow and dense ring orbiting the dwarf ...

If you were to ask any average Joe on the street if they could name some of the solar system’s dwarf planets, Pluto would undoubtedly be one of their first responses. But there are so many other dwarf ...

While watching a tiny planet eclipse a very distant star, astronomers made an unexpected discovery: The egg-shaped world hosts a 43-mile-wide ring of particles and debris. That egg, called Haumea, is ...

An artist's illustration showing dwarf planet Haumea with its newly discovered ring. IAA-CSIC/UHU The family of ringed bodies in the solar system has a new member: Haumea. The dwarf planet with an ...

Orbiting the sun from far beyond planet Neptune, the recently discovered planetoid Haumea is a fast-spinning elongated object, completing one rotation every four hours. Now, following fresh ...

Past the orbit of Neptune, in the most remote part of our solar system, there lurks a dwarf planet. No, not Pluto; we're talking about the dwarf planet Haumea.Discovered in 2004, Haumea lies a few ...