Somewhere beyond the orbit of Neptune, a ball of ice roughly 300 miles wide is doing something it shouldn’t be able to do: ...
If confirmed, the rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our solar system to host an atmosphere.
The new findings point to evidence of dunes of frozen methane on Pluto. The news of interest since it indicates that the distant dwarf planet has a far more dynamic planetary ecosystem than previously ...
A rare observation opportunity revealed the presence of a thin atmosphere around a small object beyond Pluto.
Two decades ago, the International Astronomical Union—which defines and names celestial bodies—redefined the criteria for ...
The discovery of another moon around Pluto is exciting news for planetary science, but it's also likely causing some anxiety for the team in charge of New Horizons, a spacecraft set to be the first ...
An image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 13, 2015. The planet was first discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, who graduated from high school in rural Kansas and went on to earn his ...
NASA chief Jared Isaacman said at a US Senate hearing that he supports restoring Pluto's status as a planet after a ...
Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of darkness; after all, Pluto is the Roman equivalent of the Greek God Hades.