The probe and its twin, Voyager 2, have been hurtling through space for almost 50 years, stretching humanity's reach into ...

Learn about 2026 ED138, a new dwarf planet candidate that may be one of the largest and brightest objects discovered beyond ...

When scientists study exoplanets, planets orbiting stars other than the Sun, they often lack three-dimensional information.

Artist’s concept of a dwarf planet. Astronomers have discovered a remarkably large icy object beyond Pluto that could become ...

Object 2026 ED138 was spotted beyond Pluto using observations from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, and scientists say it could be among the largest dwarf planets ever found.

Rubin Observatory has spotted a distant world beyond Pluto as its decade-long survey begins revealing the hidden solar system ...

In fact, that's part of the problem for planet hunters right now: this volume of space is so unimaginably huge and so far away that searching it for even relatively large objects is tricky. That ...

Lying beyond Pluto, 2026 ED138 could be as large as 1,500 kilometers in diameter. Astronomers are still working to confirm ...

US Vice President JD Vance has blamed the Iran war launched by his administration for the Republicans' crushing defeat in the ...

To be considered a dwarf planet, an object needs to be massive enough to form a round shape under its own gravity. ED138’s ...

A digital twin of Webb’s camera removes stellar glare more precisely, recovering a known giant planet at 4.3 microns and ...

NASA Exoplanet Archive added 13 transit-detected planets on November 5, 2026, across eleven stellar systems. Highlights ...