"The Pluto flyby happened, and I was in the right place at the right time - perfectly positioned to fall in love with it," ...

Pluto receives enough sunlight to be about as bright as midday on Earth during specific times, despite being a dwarf planet 7 ...

Using advanced models, SwRI led new research that indicates that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. In the resulting “kiss-and-capture” regime, Pluto and ...

Two space rocks are raising huge scientific questions and may pose some answers regarding the nature of our planet and of another solar system body, Pluto. Pluto has long been under siege by skeptics ...

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Pluto's snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost. Pluto's snow-capped mountains ...

The historic Lowell Observatory announced this week that it will drastically reduce internally funded research and shrink its ...

Nearly three years after NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto, we’re still learning about the dwarf planet. A study published Thursday in the journal Science reveals that the dwarf planet ...

Is a sun a star or a planet? While science now agrees the sun is a star, new telescopes may soon challenge how we define ...

While Pluto retrograde may get less airtime than the well-known Mercury retrograde, its invitations are just as influential, impactful, and deserving of our attention. Pluto retrograde is a backward ...