NASA has released new images of Pluto’s far side, a region never before captured in high resolution. Taken by the New ...

Planetary scientist Adeene Denton runs computer simulations to investigate Pluto, the moons of Saturn and other icy bodies in the solar system.

The most noteworthy event this week is Pluto moving into the fixed air sign of Aquarius on November 19. This heralds a new era as Pluto is a slow-moving planet, and it will stay in Aquarius until 2044 ...

At this time next year, NASA's probe New Horizons will fly by the planet-like object Pluto and discover more about the icy ball. The last time scientists reached for a major solar system body was ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NASA’s New Horizons probe will fly by Pluto ...

What do we know about the atmosphere of Pluto? originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Angela ...

Pluto was once considered one of the solar system’s planets but was later downgraded to the status of ‘dwarf’ planet after several more similarly sized objects were discovered throughout our solar ...

Shakespeare’s Juliet was being decidedly unscientific when she proclaimed, “What's in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other name would smell as sweet.” In science, classifications – the ...

First research paper from New Horizons flyby examines initial findings. — -- Three months after the world got its closest look ever at Pluto, the New Horizons science team has released their ...