The status of Pluto not withstanding, our solar system has 8 planets, but one astronomer believes we used to have a ninth ...

AROOSTOOK COUNTY, Maine (WAGM) - Aroostook County’s iconic Maine Solar System Model is about to get even bigger. Two new dwarf planet models are being added to the roadside attraction that has ...

LILLE, Maine -- From left to right, Upper St. John River Organization Directors Tom Gerard and Steve Young, University of Maine at Presque Isle Emeritus Geology Professor Kevin McCartney, and Upper St ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

SHINE. MORE FROM THE JUST HOW FAR IS IT FILE FOLKS LIVING IN PRESQUE ISLE AROOSTOOK BIGGEST TOWN, ARE FARTHER NORTH THAN HALF OF ALL CANADIANS. THE MAJORITY OF WHOM LIVE ALONG CANADA’S SOUTHERN BORDER ...

Ancient iron meteorites reveal that some of the Solar System’s first solid bodies were built mostly from tiny heat-forged rock beads called chondrules, while water-rich dust was largely excluded. The ...

The number of rocky extrasolar planets being discovered continues to increase, but so too does the apparent diversity of such worlds.