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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished scientists. Not only was the surface more varied than anyone had predicted, but the photographs also ...

providing an opportunity to map out altitudes of parts of Pluto’s surface not captured in high resolution, where bladed terrains also appear to exist. Because New Horizons did not stop as it ...

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 ...