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

The dwarf planet Pluto and its five known natural satellites (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra) may be frigid, but ...

Later, it was reclassified as a dwarf planet, yet its mysterious charm has not diminished at all. Why is that? Because Pluto's complex and elusive terrain is like a mysterious key that may hold the ...

What if Pluto wasn’t the end? What if our Solar System hides dozens - maybe hundreds - of strange frozen worlds beyond ...

Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...

Did you know that all the DNA in your body could stretch to Pluto and back multiple times, and that strawberries, raspberries ...

Oumuamua, the first interstellar object detected in 2017, is most likely a fragment of a Pluto-like body. Scientists believe it was flung out of the solar system billions of years ago during its ...

This quiz invites you to chase comets through time and space, from ancient omens to modern scientific marvels.

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...

Webb uncovers methane on Makemake, showing the icy dwarf planet is more active than once thought - just like Pluto.

Federal funding is about to run out for 19 active space missions studying Earth's climate, exploring the Solar System, and probing mysteries of the Universe.

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.