The International Astronomical Union has announced that the dwarf planet known as Xena since its 2005 discovery has been named Eris, after the Greek goddess of discord. Eris's moon will be known as ...

A large icy object that helped spark the debate over Pluto’s status has officially been named Eris, after the Greek goddess of discord. The object had been known as 2003 UB313 since its discovery was ...

According to Greek mythology, the goddess Eris was so miffed at being left off the guest list of a banquet of the gods that she stirred up the Trojan War. Could there be a better name than that of the ...

Eris: goddess of discord. Could there be a better name for the recently discovered dwarf planet that threw our ideas about the solar system into a cocked hat? Apparently not. The executive committee ...

The frozen surface of the dwarf planet Eris looks a lot like that of its smaller neighbor Pluto, new research has found. Both frozen worlds are covered predominantly with nitrogen ice, a research team ...

A COVID-19 variant nicknamed "Eris" — after the Greek goddess of chaos, strife and discord — has been in the news after spreading overseas. But the variant has actually been in Australia for four ...

Once upon a time, long ago, Queen Hecuba of Troy had a dream. The queen was pregnant at the time, eagerly awaiting the birth of her first child. But one night she dreamed she gave birth to a flaming ...