#dwarfplanets — Public Fediverse posts

Let Pluto Rest In Dwarf Planet Peace

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/let-pluto-rest-in-dwarf-planet-peace

Let Pluto Rest In Dwarf Planet Peace

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/let-pluto-rest-in-dwarf-planet-peace

Let Pluto Rest In Dwarf Planet Peace

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/let-pluto-rest-in-dwarf-planet-peace

Let Pluto Rest In Dwarf Planet Peace

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://defector.com/let-pluto-rest-in-dwarf-planet-peace

Astronomers Are Closing In on the Kuiper Belt’s Secrets

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/astronomers-are-closing-in-on-the-kuiper-belts-secrets/

A fictional Grand Tour portrays Pluto as it really is
NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto has forced astronomers to rewrite their textbooks — but that's not all: New Horizons also forced Les Johnson to rewrite a novel.

The space scientist was tasked with taking notes that the famed science-f
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/10/31/a-fictional-grand-tour-portrays-pluto-as-it-really-is/
#FictionScienceClub #Books #Charon #DwarfPlanets #FictionScience #NewHorizons #Pluto #ScienceFiction #Space

NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory Launches Orbitviewer App

New 3D, interactive visualization of planets and minor planets in our Solar System lets you explore Rubin discoveries in real time.

☑️ https://noirlab.edu/public/announcements/ann25014/
☑️ https://orbitviewer.app/

#Rubin #RubinObservatory #RubinFirstLook #visualization #planets #solarsystem #dwarfplanets #NearEarthObjects #NEO #NEOs #asteroids #MainBeltAsteroids #MainBelt #Centaurs #Trojans #TNOs #TransNeptunianObjects #Astronomy #Astrodon #science #news

A cousin for Pluto? New dwarf planet candidate found
Astrophysicists say they've identified an object beyond the orbit of Neptune that's likely to qualify as a dwarf planet, alongside other trans-Neptunian objects including Pluto, the erstwhile "ninth planet."

The discovery of 2017 OF201 touches upon another ninth-planet contr
https://cosmiclog.com/2025/05/22/a-cousin-for-pluto-new-dwarf-planet-candidate-found/
#CosmicSpace #Astronomy #DwarfPlanets #PlanetNine #PlanetX #planets #Space

#Eris and #Makemake may be dwarf planets, but they're not dead planets: Scientists analyzed data from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and found evidence pointing to geothermal activity deep within those mini-worlds. https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/16/webb-telescope-detects-activity-within-dwarf-planets/ #Space #JWST #DwarfPlanets #Planets

Webb Telescope detects activity within dwarf planets
They may be dwarf planets, but they're not dead planets.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided scientists with evidence of geothermal activity deep within two far-out dwarf planets, Eris and Makemake.

“We see some interesting signs of hot times in cool
https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/16/webb-telescope-detects-activity-within-dwarf-planets/
#CosmicSpace #DwarfPlanets #Eris #JamesWebbSpaceTelescope #Makemake #planets #Space

🚨 News from the Kuiper Belt

SwRI scientists find evidence of geothermal processes producing methane from within icy dwarf planets Eris and Makemake

➡️ press release https://swri.org/press-release/swri-scientists-find-evidence-of-geothermal-activity-within-icy-dwarf-planets

➡️ Icarus paper https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115999

#MakeMake #Eris #dwarfplanets #KuiperBelt #KBO #KuiperBeltObjects #TNO #TransNeptunianObjects #icyworlds #methane #volatiles #molecules #geochemistry #cosmochemistry #astrobiology #life #planetary #science #JWST #SolarSystem #SwRI #IcarusJournal #astronomy #astrodon