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 ...

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 ...

Poor old Pluto. Downgraded from a bonafide planet to a dwarf, and now it’s most iconic beauty spot has been given a most ...

Almost 10 years ago, a NASA spacecraft was able to take several photos of Pluto, known for decades as a planet before it was ...

Pluto isn't the only place in our solar system with dunes or ice or sand. Earth, obviously, has dunes of sand all across its surface, and Saturn's huge moon Titan plays host to dunes of methane ...

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 ...

The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.