Pluto's days, though they drag on a bit at around 153 hours, are nothing compared to its years. Pluto's orbit takes 248 Earth ...

Scientists have called for Pluto to be classified as a planet again following a new study into planetary science. Pluto was controversially relegated to the status of “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the ...

Pluto TV added a new channel featuring an iconic science fiction TV show that dominated the late 1990's and early 2000's.

A suspected subsurface ocean on Pluto might be old and deep. New analyses of images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft suggest that the dwarf planet has had an underground ocean since shortly after ...

New research suggests that Pluto may have acquired its most massive moon, Charon, through an ancient grazing impact, which the science team refers to as a “kiss and capture”. The study uses computer ...

Pluto may have lost its status as a planet more than 13 years ago, but don't tell that to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine. Speaking at the University of Colorado recently, Bridenstine made it clear ...

The science payload for NASA’s New Horizons mission completed its last major preparations for flight last week. The probe will be the first to visit Pluto and its moon, Charon. The compact New ...

It's more than 3 billion miles from Earth and is only about 1,437 miles wide -- about half the width of the United States. Pluto was discovered 90 years ago on Feb. 18, 1930, by 24-year-old Clyde ...

For a celestial object that may or may not be a planet, Pluto sure is getting a lot of attention these days. Just days after NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said that Pluto should be given back its ...

The New Horizons spacecraft will buzz Pluto and its moons in just one day — one Pluto day, that is. The icy world rotates once for every 6 days, 9 hours and 22 minutes on Earth. Starting at 10:28 p.m.

The icy process may be present on other worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pluto is geologically alive. Bizarre geometric ...