Pluto, once considered the ninth planet of our solar system, has been a topic of intrigue since its reclassification as a ...

The debate over Pluto’s planetary status has been ongoing since its reclassification as a “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the ...

Charon could potentially keep Pluto warm, if the ocean had a high enough nonwater component to lower its freezing point, ...

New data from the James Webb telescope reveals that Pluto's strange atmospheric haze controls its climate, surprising scientists.

The atmospheric gases are likely the result of solar heating of Pluto's surface ice, which evaporates due to the slightly higher temperatures experienced during this period. In 1989 Pluto made its ...

So if humans land on Pluto, will they see a blue sky? "Not exactly," explains Teitel. "But the sky near the sun when it's either rising or setting would look blue to astronauts on Pluto's surface." ...

Pluto once had a subsurface ocean, and finding these ice volcanoes could suggest that the subsurface ocean is still present -- and that liquid water could be close to the surface.

More Skyscraper-size spires of mehtane ice may cover around 60% of Pluto 's equatorial region — a larger area than scientists previously estimated, new research finds. The study, published July ...

As New Horizons has closed in on Pluto, it's provided a closer look at Pluto's surface and its moons. In February, the spacecraft took two long-exposure images showing two of Pluto's moons, Hydra ...

They hope to learn more about what the ice on Pluto's surface is made of and just how cold it really is. It's been estimated at negative 369 degrees Fahrenheit.

Pluto is so far away from Earth that everything we know about it can be written down on a couple of 3 x 5 inch index cards. But Pluto will come into clearer focus in a few years' time, though, as ...

Note to Journalists: Alexander Trowbridge made his presentation on Monday (Nov. 9) in a session on Pluto's surface properties at the annual meeting of the division for planetary sciences of the ...