DWARF PLANETS

For the first time, an object in our solar system has been found more than 100 times farther than Earth is from the sun.

It's believed to be the farthest known object in our solar system.

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New dwarf planet found at the very fringe of solar system

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The small club of known dwarf planets orbiting our sun, which controversially includes Pluto, has just added another member. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center announced Oct. 2 that researchers have discovered a new dwarf planet, 2015 TG387, that is roughly 186 miles across and likely made of ice. Owing to its discovery near Halloween on Oct. 13, 2015, the research team nicknamed the new object "the Goblin." "We think there could be thousands of small bodies like 2015 TG387 out on the Solar System’s fringes, but their distance makes finding them very difficult," David Tholen, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, said in a press release. https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/space/blogs/dwarf-planet-goblin-discovered-edge-our-solar-system http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Scientists may have discovered up to 31 more cryovolcano remnants on Ceres, and the Iridium flares are slowly being allowed to burn up in our atmosphere, so see them while you still can! #Flarewell Campaign: https://www.iridium.com/flarewell/ Hosted by: Hank Green For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://press.nature.com/wp-content/uploads/files/2018/09/41550_2018_574_OnlinePDF.pdf https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/iridium-flares-cease-end-2018 https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/skywatching-iridium-flares-spacex-satellites-space-science/ http://investor.iridium.com/2018-07-25-Iridium-Completes-Seventh-Successful-Iridium-R-NEXT-Launch https://www.iridium.com/network/globalnetwork/ https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?filter=spacex https://www.iridium.com/flarewell/ Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fountains_of_Enceladus_PIA07758.jpg https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/image-detail.html?id=PIA18921 https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/ceres.html?view=grid_view&start=12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PIA21919-Ceres-DwarfPlanet-AhunaMons-20180314.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/seabirdnz/23655329842 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iridium_Satellite.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iridium_flare_2008_08_11.jpg Thumbnail Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA20348_crop_-_Ceres%27_Ahuna_Mons_top_view.jpg

Some researchers are arguing that Pluto should get its planetary status back.

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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft turned science fiction into science fact by using ion propulsion to explore the two largest bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. The mission will end this fall, when the spacecraft runs out of hydrazine, which keeps it oriented and in communication with Earth. For more info on the mission, visit https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov

A visit to Ceres and the Asteroid Belt. Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Ceres, a dwarf planet amid the Asteroid Belt, hold the potential to be the hub of a vast mining and manufacturing network in the Belt, as well as potentially growing the food to support future colonists. Today we'll look at colonizing Ceres and asteroid mining, faming in space, and a potential distant future of a developed asteroid belt. Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/v5UKTsz Listen or Download the audio of this episode from Soundcloud: Episode's Audio-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/colonizing-ceres Episode's Narration-only version: https://soundcloud.com/isaac-arthur-148927746/colonizing-ceres-narration-only Credits: Outward Bound: Colonizing Ceres 141 Season 4 Episode 26 Writers Isaac Arthur Editors A.T. Long Derek Hightower Evan Schultheis Jerry Guern Keith Blockus Mark Warburton Oliver Epsom Sigmund Kopperud Stuart Graham Producer: Isaac Arthur Cover Artist: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics Team: Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik Justin Dixon Ken York Kristijan Tavcar Kris Holland (Mafic Studios) www.maficstudios.com LegionTech Studios https://hades9.com Sam MacNamara Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Narrator: Isaac Arthur Music Manager: Luca De Rosa - [email protected] Music: Markus Junnikkala, "Hail the Victorious Dead" https://www.markusjunnikkala.com/ Kai Engel, "Endless Story About Sun and Moon" https://www.kai-engel.com/ Stellardrone, "Last Day On Earth" https://stellardrone.bandcamp.com Epic Mountain, "Rising Sky" https://soundcloud.com/epicmountain Aerium, "The Islands moved while I was asleep" https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRnUJY3l5vIJFGsY3XvW4dQ Phase Shift, "Forest Night" https://www.last.fm/music/Phase+Shift/_/Enigmatic Lombus, "Amino" https://lombus.bandcamp.com

The Dawn spacecraft has moved to its final orbit, an orbit which will bring it down to 35km from the surface of Ceres. It's being placed in this orbit to collect better data from its Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector instrument to give scientist a better understanding of the chemistry.

Ceres is quite an interesting dwarf planet that has lots of mysterious things going on. In this video i see as to what would it be like to land and stand on this dwarf planet. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/Dreksler_Astral Intro, outro and other clips in the video were made with Space Engine. Music: Nevada City - Huma-Huma

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In several craters on dwarf planet Ceres, bright water ice deposits have been observed by Dawn's framing camera. This finding suggests that water ice can be stored for significant amounts of time in cold, dark craters on Ceres. Such reservoirs are called "cold traps." At less than minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit (110 Kelvin), they are so chilly that very little of the ice turns into vapor in the course of a billion years. The color scale gives hydrogen content in water-equivalent units, which assumes all of the hydrogen is in the form of H2O. Blue indicates where hydrogen content is higher, near the poles, while red indicates lower content at lower latitudes. In reality, some of the hydrogen is in the form of water ice, while a portion of the hydrogen is in the form of hydrated minerals (such as OH, in serpentine group minerals). The color information is superimposed on shaded relief map for context. Consider tranlsate this video: www.youtube.com/timedtext_video?v=kMT2Sa8JxhU Subscribe for more Space wonders on ΥουΤυbe: https://tinyurl.com/SpaceTelescopesYouTube

Nasa's Dawn spacecraft has dipped closer than ever to Ceres, capturing the most detailed images yet of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet. The latest images capture two giant craters up close, called Haulani (pictured) and Oxo. They show evidence the impacts that formed them are fresh - and even show the giant landslides at the crater's rim they caused. Original Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3548842/The-strange-glowing-spots-Ceres-close-Researchers-reveal-craters-recent-evidence-giant-landslides.html Original Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/sciencetech/video-1284435/NASA-s-Dawn-spacecraft-reveals-amazing-close-ups-Ceres.html Daily Mail Facebook: http://facebook.com/dailymail Daily Mail IG: http://instagram.com/dailymail Daily Mail Snap: https://www.snapchat.com/discover/Daily-Mail/8392137033 Daily Mail Twitter: http://twitter.com/MailOnline Daily Mail Pinterest: http://pinterest.co.uk/dailymail Daily Mail Google+: https://plus.google.com/+DailyMail/posts Get the free Daily Mail mobile app: http://dailymail.co.uk/mobile

On January 1, 1801, a Sicilian astronomer named Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres orbiting the sun between Mars and Jupiter. At the time, Ceres was considered to be a planet. But after astronomers found more things orbiting in the same region over the next few decades, they demoted Ceres and all those other objects to asteroid status. However, in 2006, the big debate about Pluto's planetary status led astronomers to redefine what it means to be a planet, and Ceres was reclassified as a dwarf planet along with. While it is the smallest of the known dwarf planets, it is the largest object in the asteroid belt.

My twitter: https://twitter.com/Dreksler_Astral Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System under the new definition of a planet. But what is the smallest a planet can get under the definition that was imposed? Let's see. Intro and outro footage made with Space Engine. Thanks to my real life friend for suggesting this one. Music: Clouds Huma - Huma

More than 300 bright spots have been located on the surface of Ceres. Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission say the bright material indicates the dwarf planet is an active, evolving world. More: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/bright-areas-on-ceres-suggest-geologic-activity

My twitter: https://twitter.com/Dreksler_Astral Eris, the most massive dwarf planet and the second most distant object in the Solar System. So what would standing on this distant and unexplored object be like? Let's see. Intro and outro footage made with Space Engine. Music: DL-Sounds - Mercury

If we consider dwarf planets as planets, than there are over 200 planets right now in the Solar System. My twitter, i am more communicative there: https://twitter.com/Dreksler_Astral Intro and outro footage made with Space Engine. Music: At the Foot of the Sphinx by Twin Musicom twinmusicom.org

NASA says there may have been a global ocean on Ceres in the past.

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Astronomers recently discovered a ring around the dwarf planet Haumea.

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NASA’s New Horizons mission revolutionized our knowledge of Pluto when it flew past that distant world in July 2015. Among its many discoveries were images of strange formations resembling giant blades of ice, whose origin had remained a mystery. Now, scientists have turned up a fascinating explanation for this “bladed terrain”: the structures are made almost entirely of methane ice, and likely formed as a specific kind of erosion wore away their surfaces, leaving dramatic crests and sharp divides. More info: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/solving-the-mystery-of-pluto-s-giant-blades-of-ice Video credit: NASA's Ames Research Center NASA's Ames Research Center is located in California's Silicon Valley. Follow us on social media to hear about the latest developments in space, science and technology. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/nasaames/ Twitter https://twitter.com/NASAAmes Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nasaames/

Occator Crater on Ceres is home to the brightest area on the entire dwarf planet. At 57 miles (92 kilometers) wide and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, Occator displays evidence of recent geologic activity. NASA's Dawn mission found that the bright spots may have been produced by upwelling of salt-rich liquids after the impact that formed the crater. Pan and zoom as you fly over the crater with Dawn in this 360-degree animation made with observations from the spacecraft. Important note: Not all browsers support viewing 360 videos/images. YouTube supports uploading and playback of 360 degree videos/images on computers using Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Opera browsers. For science results about the bright spots, visit: https://go.nasa.gov/2syfJgB More information about Dawn is available at: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov http://www.nasa.gov/dawn Visualization: DLR Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Here's what it'd like to fly over Pluto's largest moon Charon.

On July 14, 2015, New Horizons flew by Pluto. Scientists have used the data from the mission so far to uncover active geology, an enormous canyon, a unique case of chemical coloration, and more. What else might we discover as we venture deeper into the Kuiper Belt? Want more on Charon? Check out NASA's brand-new flyover video!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Q7O7TZ7Ks&spfreload=5 Hosted by: Caitlin Hofmeister ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ----------Alexander Wadsworth, Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/350/6258/aad1815 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6279/aad8866 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6279/aad9189 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/351/6279/1284 https://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v539/n7627/full/nature19340.html http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20151001 https://www.nasa.gov/feature/pluto-s-heart-like-a-cosmic-lava-lamp https://www.nasa.gov/feature/possible-ice-volcano-on-pluto-has-the-wright-stuff http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2015/0722-what-in-the-worlds-are-tholins.html https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-is-pluto-58.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/a-super-grand-canyon-on-pluto-s-moon-charon Images: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/pluto-20100204.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:15-011a-NewHorizons-PlutoFlyby-ArtistConcept-14July2015-20150115.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto_by_LORRI_and_Ralph,_13_July_2015.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/pluto-s-wright-mons-in-color https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-FlyoverAnimation-20150918.webm https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blue_hazes_over_backlit_Pluto.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Encounter_01_lg.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charon-Neutral-Bright-Release.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/a-super-grand-canyon-on-pluto-s-moon-charon https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NH-Charon-Day1-TenImages-20150714-20151120.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charonsinre.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pluto-Charon-v2-10-1-15.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AfterPluto3.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nh-pluto_moons_family_portrait-truecolor.png

Learn all about the dwarf planet Orcus with this funky yet mellow groove. Orcus is a pretty mysterious dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt...we don't know that much about Orcus the dwarf planet yet, but what we do know, we put into a song for your enjoyment. Hope you like it! Lyrics: Orcus, the dwarf planet We don't really know that much about you yet The Kuiper Belt is where you're found Yet another dwarf discovered by Michael Brown Orcus, the dwarf planet We don't really know that much about you yet You're a trans-Neptunian plutino And here's a couple more things that we know Are you talkin' about orcas? Like killer whales? No, Orcus the dwarf planet! 90482 No it's not a ZIP code, it's the number that they gave you (Orcas) First spotted by the Palomar Observatory Just some background in case you haven't heard the story Michael Brown, Chad Trujillo And David Rabinowitz were like the Three Amigos They discovered this plutino in 2004 They named it Orcus after Etruscan folklore He was the god of the underworld, a bad dude Judging by his face, he was always in a bad mood But anyway, Orcus has one moon Called Vanth for the goddess of death (Sounds like fun, too) It's a plutino, that means it's bound By the gravity of Neptune as they both go around the Sun And Orcus takes a long time to make the trip 247 years (Really?) Legit! At over 600 miles across Orcus orbits the Sun like a Kuiper Belt boss! Orcus, the dwarf planet We don't really know that much about you yet The Kuiper Belt is where you're found Yet another dwarf discovered by Michael Brown Orcus, the dwarf planet We don't really know that much about you yet You're a trans-Neptunian plutino And that's pretty much what we know Copyright 2017 Silly School Songs. All Rights Reserved. Photo Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sailko http://www.nasa.gov/ (as always)

The Dawn spacecraft has been exploring the two largest objects in the asteroid belt since 2007, and here's what we've learned so far! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters—Kevin Bealer, Mark Terrio-Cameron, KatieMarie Magnone, Patrick Merrithew, Charles Southerland, Fatima Iqbal, Sultan Alkhulaifi, Tim Curwick, Scott Satovsky Jr, Philippe von Bergen, Bella Nash, Chris Peters, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Charles George ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/ https://www.nasa.gov/centers/glenn/about/fs21grc.html http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aa66cd/meta http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6326/719 http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2014/10091306-what-did-dawn-learn-at-vesta.html https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/1997/97-191.txt https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/timeline_trajectory.html http://science.sciencemag.org/content/355/6326/706.1 https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/journal_11_28_16 https://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/pdfs/Dawn_Vesta_Ceres_Lithograph.pdf Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawn_Flight_Configuration_2.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dawn_ignition.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ceres-Vesta-Pluto-and-Moon-size-fr.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vesta_in_natural_color.jpg https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/blog/2014/3/so-close-yet-so-far-away-dawns-trajectory-explained https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vesta-HST-Color.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rheasilvia_and_older_basin,_Vesta.jpg https://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA15510 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MillbillillieMeteorite.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tatahouine_Diogenite_72g.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Howardite_QUE94200.gif https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA20183-Ceres-MapOfBrightSpots-20151210.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA20358-Ceres-DwarfPlanet-HaulaniCrater-CloseupColor-20160419.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/dawn-discovers-evidence-for-organic-material-on-ceres

See all the planets, plus mission updates from comet and asteroid missions Dawn and Rosetta. The Dawn mission is on its way to orbit the dwarf planet Ceres in 2015. Recently, observations by the Herschel Space Observatory found that Ceres has a thin water vapor atmosphere and is spewing jets of water out into space.

NASA's Dawn mission will be the first to explore a dwarf planet on March 6, 2015. This video details the spacecraft's approach and orbit insertion.

This animation, made using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the topography of Occator crater on Ceres. Vertical relief has been stretched by a factor of 1.5 to better illustrate the crater's topography. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI See more Dawn images at http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images.

This Eris song is a fun way for kids to learn about the dwarf planet Eris. This song is full of facts about Eris, the tenth planet in our Solar System. For more info and music, visit http://sillyschoolsongs.com. Lyrics: Eris you're a dwarf Named for the Greek goddess of discord Discovered in 2005 You're heavier than Pluto (but a little smaller in size!) 10th planet from the Sun Your moon is Dysnomia Your name is Eris (Number 2 dwarf in size, first in mass so it's really alright) Beyond the Kuiper Belt Where the Sun's barely felt Your name is Eris (You have a super-cold surface, -231 degrees Celsius) Eris your orbit's long 560 years to go around When you get closer to the Sun Your frozen atmosphere begins to thaw The place where you live Is called the Scattered Disk Your name is Eris (Yeah, you make your home where the icy minor planets roam) You're smaller than Earth's moon You're called a Trans-Neptunian OBJECT! (Or a TNO, with an orbit that's farther than Neptune's, yo!) Scientists think that you're made of rock You're hanging out in the most distant spot All the asteroids in the Kuiper Belt Could fit inside your dwarf planet self You're super-cold all night and day Because you're 8 billion miles away from the Sun Yeah Eris, you're the one And it's been fun Copyright 2017 Silly School Songs. All rights reserved. Image Credits: Google Images

NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto was a success just in time for the international establishment to demote to a dwarf planet. According to CNEt, The new Horizons team is determined to have pluto reclassified. Kirby Runyon thinks that the word "planet" holds a psychological weight. "I want the public to fall in love with planetary exploration as I have," Runyon said. "It drives home the point of continued exploration." Even if a better process for defining a planet could encourage new research and exploration it's impossible to make everyone happ. the debate will continue to rage on so long as Pluto remains a martyr to the process. https://www.cnet.com/news/pluto-planet-new-horizons-alan-stern-iau-carolyn-porco/#ftag=CAD590a51e http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

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This proposed new definition of "planets" would bring back Pluto, but would also reclassify over a hundred other celestial bodies -- including our moon! Do You Know What Color Pluto Really Is? - https://youtu.be/8beVI8wdkZg Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Behind the Push to Get Pluto Its Planetary Groove Back http://www.seeker.com/behind-the-push-to-get-pluto-its-planetary-groove-back-2290287200.html "Pluto's loss of planetary status in 2006 remains controversial. Now a new definition is being proposed that would restore Pluto while increasing the number of "planets" in our solar system to over 110." NASA Scientists Have Proposed a New Definition of Planets, and Pluto Could Soon Be Back http://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-scientists-have-proposed-a-new-definition-for-planets-and-it-could-change-everything "The key change the team is hoping to get approved is that cosmic bodies in our Solar System no longer need to be orbiting the Sun to be considered planets - they say we should be looking at their intrinsic physical properties, not their interactions with stars." Should Pluto Be a Planet After All? Experts Weigh In http://www.space.com/9553-pluto-planet-experts-weigh.html "Pluto was demoted to a newly created category, "dwarf planet," in 2006, partly because of the discovery a year earlier of Eris, another icy body from Pluto's neighborhood. Eris was thought to be bigger than Pluto until Nov. 6, when astronomers got a chance to recalculate Eris' size." ____________________ Seeker inspires us to see the world through the lens of science and evokes a sense of curiosity, optimism and adventure. Watch more Seeker on our website http://www.seeker.com/shows/ Seeker on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SeekerMedia/ Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI

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So what is the actual distance of a newly discovered dwarf planet Sedna from the sun. I give a perspective on how distant it actually is. Music: Kevin MacLeod - Ossuary 5 - Rest

Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet in August 2006. A proposed change to the definition of "planet" could return it to its former status. Learn more about this story at www.newsy.com/67233/ Find more videos like this at www.newsy.com Follow Newsy on Facebook: www.facebook.com/newsyvideos Follow Newsy on Twitter: www.twitter.com/newsyvideos

Pluto turns out to be far more weird than anyone ever expected, with all kinds of unexplained phenomena on the surface.We sought out some of Europe’s finest ice planet experts to find out more:Pluto has been a mystery since it was discovered in 1930. First called a planet, then re-classified as a dwarf planet in 2006, the more we learn, the more it captures the imagination of scientists like ESA’s Elliot Sefton-Nash. This video is also available in the following languages: Portuguese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzLxNiAoZv4&index=1&list=PL8ACC64B7263F23D6 Italian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uOadNmKhHk&list=PLB317954F2C5A41A6&index=1 Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPOhu2HY80&list=PLFAF2DBA3AB88EBF3&index=1 German: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt0ODtMy8eE&list=PLEC78BF163B8BCFCC&index=1 French: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0UcczNpWk4&index=1&list=PL72038BFF4E44B223 Hungarian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u17c4DC1OSs&index=1&list=PLbyvawxScNbvqQlXRzE3vVCWZ0QIBGLx2 Greek: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbAcNrjna1s&list=PLbyvawxScNbvl1OibZvkrUAl-Z_WdgRLd&index=1

This discovery means the nearby planet has the building blocks for life, and they most likely, came from within the planet itself. Everything You Need To Know About Galactic Ice Volcanoes! - https://youtu.be/12xdJSozihE Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: Organic Material Discovery Suggests Life Could Exist on Dwarf Planet Ceres http://www.seeker.com/organics-found-on-dwarf-planet-ceres-2266073354.html NASA's Dawn mission has detected tar-like organic compounds on the dwarf planet's surface, bolstering prospects for life on the largest body in the asteroid belt. Scientists study geology of Ceres to understand origin of organics https://phys.org/news/2017-02-scientists-geology-ceres.html "NASA's Dawn spacecraft recently detected organic-rich areas on Ceres. Scientists evaluated the geology of the regions to conclude that the organics are most likely native to the dwarf planet. Data from the spacecraft suggest that the interior of Ceres is the source of these organic materials, as opposed to arriving via impacting asteroids or comets, according to a paper published in the Feb. 17, 2017, issue of Science." Ceres hosts organic compounds, and they formed on the asteroid, not beyond https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-02/aaft-cho021317.php "Aliphatic organic compounds - carbon-based building blocks that may have a role in the chemistry that creates life - have been detected for the first time on Ceres, an asteroid and dwarf planet, a new study reveals." Astronomers discover complex organic matter exists throughout the universe https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111026143721.htm "Researchers from Hong Kong report that organic compounds of unexpected complexity exist throughout the Universe. They indicate that an organic substance commonly found throughout the Universe contains a mixture of aromatic and aliphatic components." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Jules Suzdaltsev for hosting DNews! Check Jules out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jules_su Written by: Andrea Bloom

Cryovolcanoes are a lot like volcanoes here on Earth, except they erupt with ice and – so far – only found on frozen worlds. Why This Mysterious Dwarf Planet Is Baffling Scientists - https://youtu.be/XdZ9uvRmDHM Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here - http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Read More: The Curious Case of Ceres' Vanishing Ice Volcanoes http://www.seeker.com/dwarf-planet-ceres-mountain-nasa-dawn-water-ice-planets-2234110966.html "NASA's Dawn spacecraft is currently orbiting Ceres, the solar system's innermost dwarf planet. Many weird and wonderful things have been discovered, but some of these findings have created new and perplexing mysteries. One such mystery is centered around Ceres' ice volcanoes - or lack thereof. Ice volcanoes, or cryovolcanoes, are features that are thought to be common on the surfaces of cold bodies in the outer solar system, creating ice analogs of the volcanoes we have on Earth." Lonely Ice Volcano On Ceres May Have Once Had Company http://www.space.com/35571-ceres-ice-volcano-ahuna-mons.html "Ahuna Mons could simply be a one-of-a-kind feature. But new research by Sori and his colleagues suggests another possible answer: Ahuna Mons may have once had company, older cryovolcanoes that flattened out and disappeared over the eons via a process called 'viscous relaxation.' Viscous relaxation means that many solids on a planetary surface will flow, given enough time. Earth's mountains don't relax in an appreciable way, because they're made of rock. But Ahuna Mons has a lot of water ice mixed in and is therefore a relaxation candidate, Sori said." Where is the Ice on Ceres? New NASA Dawn Findings https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/where-is-the-ice-on-ceres-new-nasa-dawn-findings "At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft have revealed a dark, heavily cratered world whose brightest area is made of highly reflective salts -- not ice. But newly published studies from Dawn scientists show two distinct lines of evidence for ice at or near the surface of the dwarf planet." ____________________ DNews is dedicated to satisfying your curiosity and to bringing you mind-bending stories & perspectives you won't find anywhere else! New videos daily. Watch More DNews on Seeker http://www.seeker.com/show/dnews/ Subscribe now! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=dnewschannel Seeker on Twitter http://twitter.com/seeker Trace Dominguez on Twitter https://twitter.com/tracedominguez DNews on Facebook https://facebook.com/DiscoveryNews DNews on Google+ https://plus.google.com/u/0/+dnews Seeker http://www.seeker.com/ Sign Up For The Seeker Newsletter Here: http://bit.ly/1UO1PxI Special thanks to Ian O'Neill for hosting and writing this episode of DNews! Check Ian out on Twitter: https://twitter.com/astroengine