LOS ANGELES — A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto’s demise as a planet has been given a name: Eris. The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of ...

LOS ANGELES – A distant, icy rock whose discovery shook up the solar system and led to Pluto's planetary demise has been given a name: Eris. The christening of Eris, named after the Greek goddess of ...

The dwarf planet formerly known as Xena received a new name Thursday, while Pluto was given a number to reflect the loss of its status as a planet. Michael E. Brown, a professor of planetary astronomy ...

(Above: An artist concept of the dwarf planet Eris. The sun is the small star in the distance. Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech) (WHTM) — In 2005 the team of Mike Brown, Chad Trujillo and David Rabinowitz ...

Local playwright Elizabeth Schell contacted planetary astronomy professor Michael E. Brown — the scientist who discovered dwarf planet Eris in 2005 — to tell him she'd penned Pluto v. Eris: The Trial ...

The International Astronomical Union has announced that the dwarf planet known as Xena since its 2005 discovery has been named Eris, after the Greek goddess of discord. Eris's moon will be known as ...