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Where Is Planet 9? Why Scientists Are Still Looking For Pluto’s Replacement

The James Webb Space Telescope could play a key role.

BySara Webb, Rebecca Allen and The Conversation
Goth

Ancient ice volcanoes may have stained Pluto’s moon blood red

Charon: where the floor is lava, and the lava is ice.

ByKiona Smith
go long

NASA's Pluto mission just hit a major milestone

New Horizons is going where few spacecraft have gone before.

ByPassant Rabie
Science

Study: Pluto has ice volcanoes like "nothing else" in the Solar System

This could change how we view icy worlds in the outer Solar System.

ByCharles Q. Choi
space

Astronomers Find a Massive Crater on a Tiny World Beyond Pluto

Astronomers just spotted a huge crater on a 500-mile-wide dwarf planet in the outer Solar System.

ByKiona Smith
Science

How bright is the Universe? NASA’s Pluto probe shines a light on the long-standing enigma

The light coming from stars beyond the Milky Way is two to three times brighter than the light from known populations of galaxies — we are even more out there than we thought!

ByUniverse Today and Matt Williams
frosties

Scientists may have solved the mystery behind Pluto's snowcapped mountains

This process has never been observed before on any other planetary body.

ByPassant Rabie
Science

breathtaking pictures of pluto

ByJoAnna Wendel
hot stuff

New evidence suggests something strange and surprising about Pluto

The findings will make scientists rethink the habitability of Kuiper Belt objects.

ByPassant Rabie
Science

Former asteroid gets a major promotion and becomes Pluto's adorable new sidekick

Hygiea went from a large, misunderstood asteroid to a tiny planet

ByPassant Rabie
Science

For Pluto, Winter Is Coming

Dramatic conditions are in store for the dwarf planet.

ByAndrew A. Cole
Entertainment

'Rick and Morty' failed to make us hate capitalism with Pluto and the Devil

And does anybody still care that Pluto isn't a planet?

ByCorey Plante
Science

Pluto's "Earth-Like Characteristics" Are More Diverse Than Expected

Good for Pluto.

ByMary von Aue
Science

Scientists Find a New Reason Pluto is a Frozen Hazy Hell

ByRae Paoletta
Science

FedEx Unknowingly Hauled Nuclear Fuel – But It's Fine (Probably)

Please don't try it though.

ByRafi Letzter
Science

Making Pluto a Planet Could Give the Solar System a Whopping 110 Planets

ByRosalie Chan
Science

NASA Shares Video of What a Landing on Pluto Might Look Like

ByJames Grebey
Science

See Stunning Photos and Maps From New Horizons' Flyby of Pluto

ByRosalie Chan
Gaming

'Pokemon GO' Players Have Walked Enough Miles to Reach Pluto

A little farther, actually.

ByJames Grebey
Science

Could Pluto’s Subsurface Ocean Support Alien Life?

ByAmy Thompson
Science

Scientists Are Almost Certain Pluto Has a Subsurface Ocean

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

New Horizons Sends Back Last Package of Pluto Data to NASA

ByAmy Thompson
Science

NASA's New Horizons Mission Shows Us Pluto Is Incredible

ByKastalia Medrano
Science

Wait, Why the Hell Is Pluto Emitting X-Rays?

ByAlasdair Wilkins
Science

Pluto, 10 Years After It Was Demoted

A decade later, Pluto's nebulous status still hasn't been cleared.

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

Pluto Might Have a Subsurface Liquid Ocean

A new study suggests strange geological activity is the result of a liquid ocean churning away.

ByNeel V. Patel
Science

How a Rendering of Pluto's Sunset Reveals the Algorithmic Future of Architecture

Parametric articulation is complicated, but beautiful. 

ByEthan Jacobs
Science

Stand on Pluto's Icy Surface in Virtual Reality Movie by the 'NYT'

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft ushers us into a virtual world. 

ByWilliam Hoffman
Science

Scientists Find Gravity Waves Doing Weird Things to Pluto's Atmosphere

Now we know what's causing the hazy look of the dwarf planet.

ByNeel V. Patel
Entertainment

Pluto Might Have Cryovolcanoes, Which Are Incredibly Cool

Like our eruptions, but freezing and weird.

ByBen Guarino