Pluto, a distant and fascinating dwarf planet, has revealed more of its secrets. Thanks to New Horizons, discover stunning images of Pluto’s unseen side, showcasing nitrogen ice glaciers ...

Planitia structure on its surface. Ever since NASA's New Horizons sent back the first-ever photos of Pluto in 2015, the dwarf planet's mysterious heart-shaped region has puzzled scientists.

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

Charon is the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto ... Mean Radius and Shape of Pluto and Charon from New Horizons Images', Icarus, Vol 287, pages 12–29 (2017) https://www.sciencedirect.com ...

A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...

Tthe dwarf planet Pluto (R) and Charon are shown July 11, 2015. (Photo by NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI via Getty ... [+] Images) Researchers studying Pluto and Charon have long drawn a parallel to how Earth ...

Tombaugh's photos that led to the discovery of Planet X ... poor little Pluto — thanks to NASA’s New Horizons probe, which visited the dwarf planet in 2015. 1 - Instead of an ancient, inert ...

Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and sometimes ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Alongside Pluto, Eris was also classified as a dwarf planet under the new criteria ... The New Horizons mission provided stunning images of Pluto’s surface, revealing glaciers, mountains ...