Although still far from the high-resolution images we enjoy today, these enhanced maps gave astronomers a better understanding of the complexity of Pluto’s surface. “These results and the maps ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary ...

In July, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft took us to Pluto for the first time. The photos the craft sent back so far have astounded researchers. New Horizons principal investigator Alan Stern says ...

A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...

Color maps like these will help scientists figure out the molecular make up of the ice on Pluto and Charon and how old some of their surface features (like craters) are. The image reveals that ...

The mission, which was launched in 2006, took detailed photographs of the surface of Pluto, a dwarf planet and the largest object in the Kuiper belt. Now, a new scientific article published in the ...

When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished scientists. Not only was the surface more varied than anyone had predicted, but the photographs also ...

I have been working with my research advisor, Leslie Young (Southwest Research Institute), on surface spectra of Pluto, Charon, and Triton. Upcoming and ongoing work includes reduction of Keck/OSIRIS ...

An curved arrow pointing right. After flying a space probe by Pluto for the first time last summer, NASA discovered an unusual "bite mark" feature on the surface. Produced by Jenner Deal.

Pluto is too far away from Earth to be seen with the naked eye. If you stood on Pluto's surface, the Sun would merely appear to be a very bright star. Although previous images showed that ...

Pluto, a planet that used to be one of the big nine, might have oceans under its surface. Pluto was thought to be entirely frozen over 800 million years ago but a discovery of a gaseous layer ...

Discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Pluto was hailed as the ninth planet in our solar system. For decades, it captivated imaginations with its icy surface and distant ...