Planet Eris (Xena) News

Posted November 10, 2011:

• Giant Planet Ejected from the Solar System?

Posted November 4, 2011:

• City Lights Could Reveal E.T. Civilization

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Faraway Eris Is Pluto's Twin

Posted October 19, 2011:

• NASA's Spitzer Detects Comet Storm in Nearby Solar System

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Stardust Discovered in Far-Off Planetary Systems

Posted September 13, 2011:

• Astronomers Find Extreme Weather on an Alien World: Cosmic Oddball May Harbor a Gigantic Storm

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Astronomers Find Ice and Possibly Methane on Snow White, a Distant Dwarf Planet

Posted May 13, 2011:

• Dwarf Planet Haumea Shines With Crystalline Ice

Posted January 14, 2011:

• New Telescope Is Exploring Solar System 'Outback'

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Neptune Could Not Have Knocked Planetoids in Cold Classical Kuiper Belt to Edge of Solar System

Posted April 9, 2010:

• Planet-Like Object Found Circling a Brown Dwarf

Posted September 26, 2009:

• Spot Discovered On Dwarf Planet Haumea Shows Up Red And Rich With Organics

Posted September 22, 2008:

• Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea

Posted June 11, 2008:

• 'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto

Posted June 18, 2007:

• Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto

Posted May 11, 2007:

• Mission Could Seek Out Spock's Home Planet

Posted September 15, 2006:

• Dwarf Planet Formerly Known As Xena Officially Named 'Eris'

Posted August 24, 2006:

• Pluto Downgraded To 'Dwarf Planet' Status; Solar System Now Has Eight Planets

Posted August 16, 2006:

• Bigger Solar System? Astronomers Debate Definition Of 'Planet' And 'Plutons'

Posted May 11, 2006:

• New Capture Scenario Explains Origin Of Neptune's Oddball Moon Triton

Posted April 17, 2006:

• Hubble Finds 'Tenth Planet' Is Slightly Larger Than Pluto

Posted January 20, 2006:

• Two New Dusty Planetary Disks May Be Astrophysical Mirrors Of Our Kuiper Belt

Posted January 17, 2006:

• Kuiper Belt Moons Are Starting To Seem Typical

Posted November 1, 2005:

• Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto

Posted October 3, 2005:

• Tenth Planet Has A Moon

Posted July 30, 2005:

• Scientists Discover Solar System's Tenth Planet -- Bigger Than Pluto

Posted June 23, 2005:

• NASA's Hubble Chases Unruly Planet

Posted February 9, 2005:

• Astronomers Discover Beginnings Of 'Mini' Solar System

Posted January 11, 2005:

• Hubble’s Infrared Eyes Home In On Suspected Extrasolar Planet

Posted December 9, 2004:

• Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds? Close Encounter May Explain Some Objects Beyond Neptune

Posted November 22, 2004:

• Good News For Pluto: KBOs May Be Smaller Than Thought

Posted June 24, 2004:

• Cassini VIMS Team Finds That Phoebe May Be Kin To Comets

Posted September 8, 2003:

• Solar System 'Fossils' Discovered By Hubble Telescope

Posted October 8, 2002:

• Hubble Spots An Icy World Far Beyond Pluto

Posted October 30, 2000:

• Astronomers Discover Apparent "Outer Edge" To The Solar System

Posted October 23, 1998:

• University Of Arizona Scientists Are First To Discover Debris Disk Around Star Orbited By Planet

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