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 ...

A dwarfplanet in our solar system, called Haumea, is known for its unusual shape andfast spin. Now astronomers have discovered another distinguishing feature: adark red spot which appears to be richer ...

A ‘dwarf planet’ in the deepest reaches of our solar system is covered in crystalline ice, it has been revealed. Haumea was discovered in 2004 but new findings from European scientists have now ...

As kids, we all knew Saturn was the one planet in our solar system with rings. Then, rings were also discovered around Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune. And now a new study reports that a ring has been ...

Haumea, a dwarf planet on the edge of our solar system, doesn’t have the same kind of moons as its well-known cousin Pluto, according to a new study. This is despite original evidence that suggested ...

Located at the outer edge of the solar system Haumea may be one of the solar system's strangest worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

The trans-neptunian belt contains four dwarf planets, among which Haumea stands out for its extremely elongated shape and rapid rotation. A stellar occultation makes it possible to establish the main ...

Within our programme of physical characterization of trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs), we predicted an occultation of the star URAT1 533−182543 by the dwarf planet (136108) Haumea and arranged ...

After years of dispute, the last unnamed dwarf planet in the solar system has finally gotten a name. It will be called Haumea, after the goddess of childbirth and fertility in Hawaiian mythology. The ...