Pluto
Planetpalooza: All Bright Planets Visible in the July Dusk Sky
Missed the planets in the dusk sky in early 2018? This summer's astronomical blockbuster sees the return of all the…
Pluto has “Sand Dunes”, but Instead of Sand, it’s Grains of Frozen Methane
After reviewing data from the New Horizons mission, an international team of scientists determined that Pluto has dunes made of…
Pluto is What You Get When a Billion Comets Smash Together
A new study conducted by researchers from the Southwest Research Institute indicates that Pluto could have formed from a billion…
Pluto’s Charon Gets Mountains Named After Sci-Fi Authors Octavia Butler and Arthur C. Clarke, as Well as Many Others From History and Legend. I Approve!
The IAU just approved of a dozen names for features on Pluto's moon Charon, which include mountains named after Octavia…
New Study Provides Explanation for Pluto’s Giant Blades of Ice
A new study by members of the New Horizons team has provided an explanation for Pluto's mysteries "bladed terrain".
Hey Map Collectors, Here’s a New Map of Pluto!
Using data from the New Horizons spacecraft, the mission team has created some new maps of Pluto and its largest…
Two Years Ago Today: It Was a Clear Day on Pluto When New Horizons Flew By
It was two years ago this morning that we awoke to see the now iconic image of Pluto that the…
Did you Know There are X-rays Coming from Pluto? That’s Strange, What’s Causing it?
A new study by a team of astronomers has revealed that an unexpected amount of x-ray emissions coming from Pluto,…
An Astronomical Detective Tale and the Moon of 2007 OR10
It isn't every day we get a new moon added to the list of solar system satellites. The combined observational…
The Next Pluto Mission: An Orbiter and Lander?
For decades, we could only imagine what the view of Pluto’s surface might be. Now, we have the real thing.…