For decades, Pluto was celebrated as the ninth planet of our solar system. However, in 2006, the International Astronomical ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't achieved gravitational dominance in its region, the International Astronomical ...

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

A new study suggests that the origin of Pluto's largest moon was quite different than our own. Here's what you need to know.

Artistic representation of the huge and slow impact on Pluto that led to the heart-shaped Sputnik ... [+] Planitia structure on its surface. Ever since NASA's New Horizons sent back the first-ever ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature Geoscience,” describes how the ...

Pluto seemed hopelessly cold and distant until 2015, when NASA’s New Horizons space probe beamed back images of the giant heart-shaped mark that dominates the dwarf planet’s surface.

Pluto has five moons ... in orbit around the sun that is large enough to pull itself into a nearly round shape but has not been able to clear its orbit of debris,” the IAU said in an explainer.

Pluto in Aquarius 2025: read on to learn more about what the planet of death in the sign of the water bearer has in store for the collective this year. artefacti - stock.adobe.com Let’s talk ...

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