Hubble captured what was, at the time, the most detailed image of the dwarf planet. The result? A patchy, pixelated sphere just 12 pixels wide. Even from these images, Pluto seemed pretty intriguing.

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured highly detailed photos of Pluto's surface. The spacecraft spent more than eight hours recording the planet's information ...

As well as that, April on Pluto is a month-long celebration of Earth Day, with the streamer releasing a bunch of breathtaking ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto last July, and it took the most detailed images of the planet that have ever been seen. NASA just released some of the ...

Gonggong is a dwarf planet and a member of the scattered disc beyond Neptune. As of 2019, its distance from the Sun is 88 AU, and it is the sixth-farthest known Solar System object.

He used it to gather images of parts of the night sky ... with the “dwarf planet” label continuing to rankle Pluto partisans. The IAU defends the definition based on Pluto’s orbit.

On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft, one of the most advanced ever built, is scheduled to fly by Pluto to take the very first detailed images of the dwarf planet. After nine years and 3 ...

Before New Horizons, the best images of Pluto revealed nothing more than a ... its moon Charon revealed more surprises about the dwarf planet and its orbiting moon. Click on the hand to see ...

With the exception of Pluto, planets in our solar system are classified ... these planets contribute to the different colors seen in images taken in visible light. While scientists expect the ...

A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...