WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma since being discovered in 2005 lurking in the solar system's far reaches.

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A new dwarf planet has been discovered in the icy realms of space beyond Neptune, researchers said Monday. An international team of astronomers spotted the tiny world using the Canada-France-Hawaii ...

Ever since Pluto was fatefully downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet, our celestial backyard has become quite semantically confounding. A newly discovered object only adds to this cosmic ...

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HONOLULU A newly discovered dwarf planet in the solar system has been given a Hawaiian name: Haumea, after the Hawaiian goddess of earth and fertility. Haumea's name was approved Wednesday by the ...