Discovered in 1930, Pluto is a complex and mysterious world with mountains, valleys, plains, craters, and glaciers. Here are ...

Pluto is so far away from Earth that everything we know about it can be written down on a couple of 3 x 5 inch index cards. But Pluto will come into clearer focus in a few years' time, though, as NASA ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A new formation theory for Pluto's moon Charon could explain why Pluto is geologically active. Illustration incorporates NASA New Horizons terrain imagery. Pluto — demoted to dwarf planets status in ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

It’s been 18 years since Pluto’s celestial status was called into question—yet the matter seems far from settled. We asked experts from both sides to make their case. This 2015 NASA image of Pluto ...

Although the photo does show Pluto, the colors within it appear to have been enhanced. On May 20, 2024, X account @MAstronomers posted a colorful image of a celestial object and claimed it showed the ...

February 7, 2025 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google We are less than two weeks away from the 95th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto, the ice-caked, rocky ...

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft first snapped photos of an unusual heart-shaped scar on Pluto in 2015, the new view bolstered theories that the frigid world harbored an underground ocean.

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. If you were born in the last century you might ...