Researchers found the object named 2017 OF201 while searching for "Planet Nine" - a hypothetical planet thought to exist ...

NASA’s most recent photos of Pluto, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, have revealed some of the most intriguing and ...

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...

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Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

As a collaborative layer over drug discovery data infrastructure, Pluto integrates seamlessly into existing scientific workflows and supports data governance needs for regulated environments.

And its relationship to Pluto — a world demoted since 2006 from the solar system’s ninth planet to a lowly dwarf planet, in large part due to the discovery of Eris — remains contentious today.

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. For decades, astronomers have tried to determine how Pluto acquired its unusually large moon Charon ...