11 Pluto facts you need to knowWhen New Horizons was strapped on an Atlas V rocket and blasted off into space at over 36,000 miles per hour, it set the record as the fastest launch in history ...

And while there is still much to learn, the first proper photographs of our solar-system’s dwarf planet have told us a lot. Guides looks at 10 facts about our furthest family member.

Top 10 facts about Pluto On June 22, 1978, the largest known moon of the planet Pluto was discovered by James W Christy of the US Naval Observatory in Washington DC.

NASA'S unmanned space probe New Horizons has travelled for nearly a decade 3billion miles to Pluto and will TODAY beam back the closest images ever of the former planet. Here are ten amazing facts ...

Here are 10 facts about Pluto and NASA’s exciting New Horizons mission, featuring some unique visualizations from data site FindTheData: 11.

In 2006, Pluto was demoted from planet to “dwarf planet”-a reclassification that satisfied astronomers who felt its mass was too small to be a true planet. However, many people who grew… ...

In 2006, Pluto was demoted from planet to “dwarf planet”—a reclassification that satisfied astronomers who felt it’s mass was too small to be a true planet. However, many people who ...