By plugging Haumea’s estimated size, mass, ... The family instead came much later, when the planet’s dense rocky structure settled in the center and became its core, ...

Now an international research team has confirmed that 75% of Haumea and 100% of Hi’iaka (which is around 400 km in diameter) are covered with crystallised water-ice (with an ordered structure ...

Now an international research team has confirmed that 75% of Haumea and 100% of Hi'iaka (which is around 400 km in diameter) are covered with crystallised water-ice (with an ordered structure) and ...

It's the first time a ring structure has been identified around an object beyond Neptune. Haumea, which was officially discovered in 2005, has an unusual egg-shaped structure, which it gets from ...

Haumea is the fastest spinning object in the solar system. The object's odd shape is a direct result of the spin. "Because of this spin, it pulls itself outward" at the equator in a bulge, Brown ...

Now an international research team has confirmed that 75% of Haumea and 100% of Hi'iaka (which is around 400 km in diameter) are covered with crystallised water-ice (with an ordered structure) and ...

The dwarf planet Haumea may be the weirdest object in the solar system. Now NASA researchers may finally understand how it was formed.

Astronomers have observed an occultation of a distant star to get a better look at the little-known dwarf planet Haumea, which orbits the Sun beyond Neptune. Scientists were able to pin down the ...

An artist's illustration showing dwarf planet Haumea with its newly discovered ring. IAA-CSIC/UHU The family of ringed bodies in the solar system has a new member: Haumea. The dwarf planet with an ...