New data from the James Webb telescope reveals that Pluto's strange atmospheric haze controls its climate, surprising scientists.

SAN ANTONIO — January 7, 2025 —A NASA postdoctoral researcher at Southwest Research Institute has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of ...

Pluto, once considered the ninth planet of our solar system, has been a topic of intrigue since its reclassification as a ...

Earth’s orbit around the Sun is not circular, but an ellipse that is slightly elongated with an eccentricity of 0.017. (An eccentricity of 0 is a circle, while the dwarf planet Pluto has a ...

With a diameter of 1,440 miles, Pluto is farthest from the sun. While major planets make roughly circular orbits, Pluto ...