Pluto’s frozen face looks dead at first glance, but its most famous feature hints at something far stranger than a simple ice ...

Pluto was considered the ninth planet for 76 years after its discovery in 1930. Then in 2006, the International Astronomical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto on July 14, 2015. The image combines ...

(MEDIA GENERAL) – As NASA spacecraft New Horizons continues its way through space, scientists and science enthusiasts have taken to social media to express their feelings on Tuesday’s historic Pluto ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the ...

The science community may be ecstatic over the discovery of a ninth planet, but the former planet "Pluto" had a totally different reaction. Hours after scientists announced there's solid evidence of ...

Giant, ridge-like structures of methane ice, known as "bladed terrain," may be much more abundant along Pluto's equator than previously realized, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links ...

In the early hours of July 14, a NASA spacecraft will make a historic first encounter with Pluto, the beloved dwarf planet that currently sits about 2.9 billion miles from Earth. The New Horizons ...

The International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto only fulfills two of the three criteria for a full-size planet. Pluto, discovered 90 years ago on Feb. 18, 1930, was long considered the solar ...