Thanks to the powerful vision of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have just confirmed something truly ...

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 ...

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

Scientists say a new planetarium show about the Milky Way has helped them unlock one of the solar system’s many secrets.

The universe's vastness challenges human comprehension. It contains trillions of galaxies and countless stars. Pluto's ...

The International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center, which catalogs new moons and other small bodies in the solar ...

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 ...

Pluto's orbit takes 248 Earth years, meaning it won't complete its first year since its discovery until Monday, March 23, 2178. Its orbit, as well as being long, is unusual in its elliptical shape ...

We preselected all newsletters you had before unsubscribing.

While space scientists today still argue about Pluto’s rightful place in the pantheon of planets—some say its geology is as rich as that of any planet—no one can deny its scientific intrigue.