The vertical blue lines indicate, left to right, the 1930 discovery of Pluto; the occultation observations in 1985, 1988 and 2002, the last of these by Elliot et al. 1 and Sicardy et al. 2; and ...

Rocks found on Earth may have originated from Mercury: a potential breakthrough for astronomers.

In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...

What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...

Viewers over 65 are now the fastest-growing age group watching YouTube on television sets, with TV-based watch time up 106% since May 2023, according to Nielsen. Their viewing levels now match those ...

Humanity is fascinated by the mysteries of the universe. Astrophysics is the field of study where astronomers use physics to ...

Astronomers celebrated the release of the first images from the Rubin Observatory — and registered hundreds of its first ...

NASA has revealed that they have sent a man-made machine further than they ever have before, and they said they made an odd ...

How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

Discovered in 1930 after a nearly year-long telescopic search by a young observatory assistant named Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto is so faint and so distant—its 248-year orbit averages 3.7 billion ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have confirmed that Pluto’s ethereal, bluish haze represents "a new kind of ...

The discovery hinted that Pluto might have a more active atmosphere than previously believed — but at the time, its true impact remained uncertain. Pluto’s haze role in climate regulation ...