The debate over Pluto’s planetary status has been ongoing since its reclassification as a “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the ...

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet of our solar system, has been a topic of intrigue since its reclassification as a ...

The decision is still a controversial one, even among astronomers. Pluto was a popular planet, and some argue that “demoting” it did little to clarify how we understand the solar system.

Since 1930, we’ve discovered that Pluto is one of the solar system’s most fascinating worlds. It features blue skies, red snow, glaciers made of frozen nitrogen, and dunes made of frozen ...

Pluto, for example, will have surface features named after deities associated with the underworld, as well as scientists who’ve studied Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.

With a diameter of 1,440 miles, Pluto is farthest from the sun. While major planets make roughly circular orbits, Pluto ...

Though Pluto has formally been considered a dwarf planet for almost two decades, it still has many lessons left for planetary scientists — including hints about how the solar system formed.

They are about 20 times sharper than the images of Pluto taken 30 years ago. Altogether, Tholen took 16 images of the Pluto system during one hour on the Keck telescope.

With such questions lingering, Howett and her colleagues designed a follow-up mission in hopes of finally solving some of Pluto's mysteries. Such a mission, sent to investigate the outskirts of the ...

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