The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear. On April 1, ...

Pluto landed its largest moon, Charon, with a 'kiss'—overturning decades of scientific assumptions about how planetary bodies form and evolve. This is the conclusion of a new study, conducted at the ...

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Instead, Pluto is now officially classified as a dwarf planet along with four other confirmed ...

The names Nix and Hydra have been approved for the two small satellites of Pluto discovered in May 2005. The International Astronomical Union (IAU), the internationally recognized authority for ...

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Observations made with the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) — a Boeing 747SP jetliner modified to carry a 106-inch diameter telescope — help explain how Pluto’s haze is formed ...

Researchers simulate how an ancient impact left a pear-shaped dent on Pluto. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When NASA’s New ...

Eighteen years ago today, Pluto lost its planetary status in a vote by International Astronomical Union (IAU) members on the final day of their 2006 general assembly meeting. The word "planet" comes ...

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope detected material from a Pluto-like body spiraling into a white dwarf star 260 light-years away from Earth. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / Tim Pyle illustration For the ...