Giant, ridge-like structures of methane ice, known as "bladed terrain," may be much more abundant along Pluto's equator than previously realized, a new study suggests.

Experience the 2015 astronomical sensation as New Horizons became the first human-made probe to reach Pluto, unveiling the ...

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...

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.

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

On August 24, 2006, Pluto ceased to be considered a planet. A mixture of rock and ice located in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. This demotion ...

Phases of ice that exist naturally only on frozen moons could be detected using infrared spectroscopy, according to new ...

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 ...