Our solar system is made up of the sun, the eight known planets and the dozens of moons that circle those planets. But then there are innumerable asteroids, comets and dwarf planets wandering around.

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In the far reaches of the solar system, beyond Neptune, there is a minor planet orbiting the sun in a sea of icy debris. Humans have known about the reddish, round object for more than a decade. Since ...

Pluto, the most famous dwarf planet, lost its planet status in 2006. Learn more about dwarf planets of the solar system here. NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been granted a mission extension that will ...

This article, Meet Gonggong, the first major body in the solar system with a Chinese name, originally appeared on CNET.com. Our solar system is made up of the sun, the eight known planets and the ...