It was one of the most ambitious missions for NASA since the turn of the century, with photos reshaping what scientists know ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance.

Pluto, once a distant mystery, is now revealing astonishing secrets,thanks to NASA’s New Horizons mission. This video dives into the incredible discoveries made during the historic flyby, including ...

The spacecraft will also glimpse Pluto’s night side in the dim light reflected from Charon, with about the same resolution as a naked-eye view of the moon from Earth—enough to tell whether ...

However, on each occasion, the telescope lacked the resolution to distinguish between Pluto and Charon and determine where the emission was coming from.

Pluto is the tiniest planet in our solar system with a diameter of roughly 2,377 kilometers, making it even smaller than our ...

How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has successfully conducted the first-ever deep space stellar navigation test, while traversing the Kuiper Belt.

The solar wind pushes some of the gas and dust away from the comet, forming those beautiful tails we see. A comet actually ...