Pluto has long been one of the most controversial objects in our Solar System. For decades it proudly held the title of the ...

Pluto did in fact both bend and accelerate the trajectory of New Horizons when the spacecraft reconnoitered the dwarf planet in 2015, but only very slightly. There are three reasons the trajectory ...

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

In late August 2006, new discoveries upended a traditional, comfortable way of viewing our solar system: Scientists decided Pluto wasn’t a planet after all. Some space nerds like to mourn Pluto’s loss ...

It's been 20 years since Pluto was declassified as the ninth planet in our solar system, and many people wish it had never lost its status. A recent comment from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ...

Nasa boss Jared Isaacman recently suggested that the US space agency might look again at whether Pluto should be given its planet status back. So what made Pluto a planet once and what is it now? Find ...

As New Horizons passed Pluto in July 2015, did the dwarf planet alter the probe's trajectory? Douglas Kaupa Council Bluffs, Iowa Pluto did in fact both bend and accelerate the trajectory of New ...