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Pluto is no longer classified as a planet, it’s a dwarf planet, however, it still has five moons. Now astronomers say they ...

Scientists have recently unveiled a remarkable discovery in the outer reaches of our solar system: a space fossil located 4 ...

Before Pluto was discovered, it was predicted. Astronomers had observed that massive objects can affect the orbits of their neighbors and, after seeing deviations in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune, ...

Astronomers have discovered a white dwarf star in the Milky Way consuming a Pluto-like icy world, offering insights into planetary systems beyond our own. The detection of nitrogen-rich ices hints at ...

Pluto's unusual eccentricity and tilt is likely due to its interactions with neighboring Neptune and other giant planets, ...

The discovery of the Kuiper Belt fundamentally reshaped our understanding of the solar system's architecture and population, revealing a far larger and more complex system than previously imagined.

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The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto only fulfills two of the three criteria for a full-size planet. Pluto, discovered 90 years ago on Feb. 18, 1930, was long considered the solar ...

Pluto might be small and distant, but it keeps surprising scientists. After the New Horizons spacecraft zipped past it in 2015, we got our first real look at its icy landscape and unexpectedly active ...