For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

Since it received its new status of a “dwarf planet,” Pluto can console itself with finally being the largest of something in the Solar System. Due to its proximity to the Kuiper Belt ...

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Check out the 10 most interesting facts about the exploration of Pluto: 1. Pluto has been redefined as a Dwarf Planet In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified Pluto, removing ...

Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...

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

A surprising chemical difference between Pluto and Sedna, another dwarf planet in the distant Kuiper Belt, is helping scientists nail down their respective masses, a new study reports. The Kuiper ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI The research may also have applications in the study of Pluto; images of the dwarf planet taken by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015 revealed polygonal patterns on the ...