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 ...

Pluto isn’t alone in having water ice on its surface — measurements indicate that Nix and Hydra, two of Pluto’s five moons, are also covered with water ice.

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

For the first time, images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft are revealing bright and dark regions on the surface of faraway Pluto the primary target of the New Horizons close flyby in mid-July.

Technically the largest of Pluto's five moons, Charon is actually half the size of its parent planet at about 754 miles wide. The relationship between their relatively similar sizes is unusual ...

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

Pluto, a dwarf planet, and its moons are in the far fringes of our solar system in a zone known as the Kuiper Belt. Besides water ice, ammonia and organic materials were previously detected on ...

NEW YORK – NASA's Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto's largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the ...

Pluto, a dwarf planet, and its moons are in the far fringes of our solar system in a zone known as the Kuiper Belt. Besides water ice, ammonia and organic materials were previously detected on ...

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide ...