A dark red area discovered on dwarf planet Haumea appears to be richer in minerals and organic compounds than the surrounding icy surface. The discovery will be presented at the European Planetary ...

Ten observatories in six European countries teamed up for recent observations of a stellar occultation by the dwarf planet Haumea, which surprisingly show a narrow and dense ring orbiting the dwarf ...

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 ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The Kuiper Belt, the donut-shaped ring of icy bodies that ...

Haumea is one of the fastest rotating large objects in our solar system. A single day on the dwarf planet is only about 4 Earth hours long. NOVA is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, ...

The fifth dwarf planet of the Solar System, Haumea, and at least one of its two satellites, are covered in crystalline water-ice due to the tidal forces between them and the heat of radiogenic ...

From Earth, astronomers can make out Haumea itself and the moons known as Hiʻiaka and Namaka (detected in 2005). Scientists speculate that the Haumea system is what's left after a collision between ...

We use thermal radiometry and visible photometry to constrain the size, shape, and albedo of the large Kuiper belt object Haumea. The correlation between the visible and thermal photometry ...

Haumea spins so fast that its shape is more football-like than round. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. If you've never heard of ...