Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and ...

NASA's New Horizons probe flew closer to Pluto than any Earth-craft ever has Tuesday, sending back amazing photos of the dwarf planet. Photos of Pluto leading up to the New Horizons flyby Before June ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

Finally, a family portrait of Pluto is beginning to emerge! For the first time ever, astronomers have captured two never-before-photographed moons orbiting Pluto. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Pluto is considered a planetary oddball -- a tiny, frozen world so unlike the other planets that some astronomers doubt whether it even deserves to be called a planet.

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet, lies over 6 billion kilometers from Earth, making it one of the most difficult ...

Traditional theories suggest that Pluto's formation process is similar to that of other celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Pluto's equator is partially covered in ridge-like ice spires known as "bladed terrain." A new ...