Pluto has had a tough few years since losing its planet status. In the years since its demotion, NASA scientists found the trans-Neptunian object to be a colder, hazier hellscape than once believed, ...

Nasa may revisit one of outer space’s thorniest questions ...

We now know Pluto much better, thanks to NASA's New Horizons mission, leaving CNET's Eric Mack to wonder how the former planet compares to our home rock. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since ...

Pluto's snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost. Pluto's snow-capped mountains ...

A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large fraction of the size ...

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

NASA selected two proposals Wednesday for possible fly-by missions to faraway Pluto, keeping alive the possibility it will launch a spacecraft to the yet-unexplored planet. The National Aeronautics ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Pluto's strange "snakeskin" terrain has an Earthly counterpart, a new study suggests. The "scales ...

Pluto’s snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost. These mountains gather snow in a ...