At the vast edge of the solar system, Pluto has long been perceived as a cold and lonely dwarf planet. However, a recent ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

Pluto is so far away from Earth that everything we know about it can be written down on a couple of 3 x 5 inch index cards. But Pluto will come into clearer focus in a few years' time, though, as NASA ...

Pluto was once considered one of the solar system’s planets but was later downgraded to the status of ‘dwarf’ planet after several more similarly sized objects were discovered throughout our solar ...

Named for the maiden snatching, shadow dwelling god of the underworld, small but mighty planet Pluto moves into Aquarius for the first time in two and a half centuries on March 23, 2023. Petit but ...

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the ...

Pluto's topography—including its massive heart-shaped feature—may influence its atmosphere more than researchers once thought. New research published this week suggests plumes of nitrogen that ...