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 ...

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Instead, Pluto is ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her ...

On August 24, 2006, Pluto ceased to be considered a planet. A mixture of rock and ice located in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy objects beyond the orbit of Neptune. This demotion ...

Across the solar system, crater depth scales with crater diameter in a predictable way, and the same law appeared to hold true for other craters on Pluto — but for not Kiladze.

New data from the James Webb telescope reveals that Pluto's strange atmospheric haze controls its climate, surprising scientists.

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

The Solar System contains many small, unexplored worlds in a vast region of space beyond Neptune and Pluto. Recent discoveries include dwarf planets and smaller Kuiper Belt objects, and astronomers ...

These are the newest class of solar system's inhabitants the Dwarf Planets: Huamea, Makemake and, yes, Pluto. With the discovery of the KPOs and, in particular, the KPO Dwarf Planets, Pluto lost ...

Therefore, by studying Pluto, scientists will learn more about how Earth and the rest of the solar system formed more than 4 billion years ago.