The year was 2015. After traveling billions and billions of miles through the Erebus, New Horizons encounters the boatman, and the somber lord of the departed. The spacecraft could have been called ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...