Rocky ring spotted around a dwarf planet in our Solar System

The most effective way of discovering planets beyond our Solar System has been through observing occultations when a body passes in front of its host star. Astronomers have now used ...

Dwarf planet has a ring to it: study

Move over Saturn! Scientists have found a ring around an unassuming mini-planet in our Solar System to debunk the theory that only giant planets can be so adorned.

Distant dwarf planet near Pluto has a ring that no one expected

The tiny world Haumea has a ring, the most distant we’ve found in our solar system. This may mean rings encircle other far-off worlds in the solar system

Oddball dwarf planet Haumea has a ring

The dwarf planet Haumea is now the most distant ringed object spotted in the solar system.

Astronomers Spot Ring Around Dwarf Planet

It’s an exciting time for astronomy. If it’s not the constant stream of newly discovered exoplanets, it’s the new discoveries about our own solar system. Every week it seems, ...

There's a giant egg floating in our solar system with a ring around it

Some of the most exciting new discoveries in space come from far, far away, thanks to telescopes capable of detecting exoplanets that are so distant we'd likely never be able to actually visit ...

Weird dwarf planet has one very Saturn-like feature - CNET

Scientists discover Pluto's dwarf planet buddy Haumea has something in common with the gas giants in our solar system.

Odd, potato-shaped dwarf planet has ring, may not be a planet

Rings may be a common feature of objects that orbit outside of Neptune.

Surprise! Bizarre Dwarf Planet Haumea Has Rings

Scientists have discovered a ring system around the dwarf planet Haumea.

First Rings Found Circling Weird World Near Pluto

Ring discovered around egg-shaped dwarf planet Haumea

A new study reports that a ring has been spotted around another object in our solar system: Haumea, a weird, egg-shaped, distant dwarf planet        

Astronomers discover ring around the dwarf planet Haumea

International experts , including from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia in Granada, Spain, made the discovery after arranging for 12 different telescopes to make observations. ...

Astronomers discover a ring around egg-shaped dwarf planet Haumea

Astronomers have found a ring of particles surrounding a small, distant space rock at the edge of our Solar System. The ring encircles a strange world called Haumea, a dwarf planet ...

Haumea, the most peculiar of Pluto companions, has a ring around it

The trans-neptunian belt contains four dwarf planets, among which Haumea stands out for its extremely elongated shape and rapid rotation.

This weirdo dwarf planet has a ring around it

The Kuiper Belt object Haumea has been hiding something from us.

Ring around a dwarf planet detected

Garching, Germany (SPX) Oct 16, 2017 Ten observatories in six European countries teamed up for recent observations of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea, which surprisingly ...