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

With a diameter of 1,440 miles, Pluto is farthest from the sun. While major planets make roughly circular orbits, Pluto ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her ...

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

Images of Pluto captured by NASA's New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft performed a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July 2015, and the ...

NASA's New Horizons probe flew closer to Pluto than any Earth-craft ever has Tuesday, sending back amazing photos of the dwarf planet. Photos of Pluto leading up to the New Horizons flyby Before ...

NASA's New Horizons flies by Pluto NASA's New Horizons probe flew closer to Pluto than any Earth-craft ever has Tuesday, sending back amazing photos of the dwarf planet.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest moon—including the presence of previously undetected surface chemicals. This ...

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

As New Horizons makes its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, NASA expects the probe to get clearer, more detailed color images showing surface features as close as a few miles across.