It’s human nature.” These computer-generated maps of Pluto at different longitudes were made from the current best images of the planet, taken in 2002-2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in 2015, it shattered the notion that the dwarf planet was a dormant ball of ice, instead revealing it to be rich with icy plains and jagged ...

The new planet was officially named Pluto on May 1, 1930, based on a suggestion from an 11-year-old British schoolgirl with an interest in classical mythology.