There are regions in Pluto where huge ice structures exist. Scientists finally think they know how they are formed. Scientists have solved one of Pluto's most puzzling mysteries. In 2015 ...

The strange blend of surface chemistry on Nix and Hydra raises big question about the evolution of the Pluto system.

NASA continued to unveil the complex story of Pluto Friday with new images taken during the flyby of the dwarf planet ten days ago. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI ...

Pluto was identified in 1930, but by 1994, it was still little more than a blurry pixelated smudge on astronomers’ screens.

According to data gathered from the New Horizons spacecraft, scientists say that Pluto is likely to have water ice, geysers, and volcanoes. The ice mountains are 11,000 feet high, and the planet's ...

methane crystals should enable nitrogen ice to sublimate - and that would allow the methane crystals to be wafted into the atmosphere. Dr Telfer says the analysis provides a new insight to Pluto ...

Pluto — famous for being reclassified as a dwarf planet — might not have a heart of ice after all. In fact, every bit of Pluto was assumed to be frozen over considering its distance from the Sun.

Pluto's moon: NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon just before the spacecraft made ...

Sputnik Planitia is a white basin measuring 750 by 1,250 miles near Pluto's equator that was discovered during the flyby. Although the dwarf planet is covered in an ice shell, that thins ...

Makemake is one of many icy worlds that orbit the Sun past Neptune. It is a smaller than Pluto, and is encased in methane ice. Some researchers think that the hydrogen in Makemake’s methane ...

Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen Peroxide on Pluto's Moon Charon Oct. 1, 2024 — Astronomers have detected carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the frozen surface of Pluto's largest moon ...