Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...

A new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, has been found with a vast orbit and potential dwarf planet size. The finding hints ...

In a universe full of planets, 2007 OR10 is something special. It’s big, just slightly smaller than the size of Pluto. And it’s close, within our very own solar system. So how did it still manage to ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

In 2006, several months after New Horizons launched into space, Pluto stopped being a planet. That was according to the world's top astronomers, who said the celestial body failed to meet one of the ...

Pluto has just been found to be ever so slightly bigger than we thought, having a diameter of 2,370km. The measurement was made by the New Horizons probe which is just about to flyby the dwarf world.

Pluto's surface hosts blades of ice that soar to the height of skyscrapers — and researchers have narrowed down exactly how the dramatic features form. According to new research, the blades are made ...