At the edge of our solar system, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto represent some of the most extreme and mysterious destinations ...

NASA's new chief wants to reinstate Pluto as a planet. And scientists are on board – as long as you're also okay with having ...

Unlike rocky planets such as Mars and Earth, angrites do not have a lot of silicon dioxide. Because of this, astronomers have ...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman’s call to restore Pluto’s planetary status has reignited a long-running scientific debate over ...

It's been 20 years since Pluto lost its status as the ninth planet of the solar system, but we still can't seem to let it go.

It's been 20 years since Pluto was declassified as the ninth planet in our solar system, and many people wish it had never lost its status. A recent comment from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ...

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 ...

If confirmed, the rock would become just the second world past Neptune in our solar system to host an atmosphere.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As elementary schoolers, we learned the order of the planets. Maybe your teacher even had a snappy mnemonic like “My Very Educated ...

Labroots recently explored Saturn’s sponge-like moon, Hyperion, with its deep craters and non-spherical shape. This moon is an example of how the Universe and the laws of astrophysics work in both ...

The International Astronomical Union has decided on the term plutoid as a name for dwarf planets like Pluto at a meeting of its Executive Committee in Oslo. Almost two years after the International ...