Pluto will mark a birthday of sorts on March 23, 2178. No one is likely to be there to celebrate it, of course. Even if ...
NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, ...
Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...
Nitrogen is heated and cooled as Pluto rotates. A New Horizons image of Pluto and its moon Charon revealed more surprises about the dwarf planet and its orbiting moon. Click on the hand to ...
The love story between Pluto and Charon may have started with a kiss. A new study suggests the dwarf planet and its scarcely smaller moon likely came together in a collision that saw them ...
As the new moon approaches in late July, it’s a great time to pull out your telescope – if you have one –; everyone’s favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, will reach opposition (and be at its ...
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.
A powerful change is coming when Pluto shifts into Aquarius on January 21, 2025. Discover what this moment in astrology means for you.
A new theory about Pluto’s largest moon, Charon, could alter how planetary systems are taught in U.S. schools. Scientists suggest that 4.5 billion years ago, Pluto and Charon experienced a "kiss ...
An amateur astronomer discovered Pluto 95 years ago today. The former planet will complete an orbit in another 153 years.