It started, as many cosmic enigmas do, with a dim dot of light on a Hubble Space Telescope photo the sort that professional ...

Anyone hungry for the icy crunch of a Pluto -like body? No? Well, one nearby white dwarf is going all in on a Pluto-esque snack.

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered the remains of a frozen, Pluto-like world being devoured by a distant white dwarf star.

The methane gas may constitute a rarefied atmosphere, or it may come from erupting plumes on Makemake’s surface.

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

"It shows that Makemake is not an inactive remnant of the outer solar system, but a dynamic body where methane ice is still ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An artist's rendering of a white dwarf devouring a Pluto-like body. | Credit: NASA, Tim Pyle ...