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Farfarout: Planetoid With Elongated Orbit Confirmed As Farthest Object In Solar System

The newly discovered object is said to be four times farther from the sun than Pluto.

Scientists Identify Violent Origin Of Pluto's Smaller Moons

A new study revealed that Pluto’s four smaller moons might have been formed following a violent impact on Charon, the dwarf planet’s largest satellite.

NASA’s Airplane-Mounted Telescope Uncovers Mystery Behind Pluto’s Haze

NASA’s high-flying telescope was able to observe the blue-tinted haze surrounding the planet Pluto. Through the telescope’s observations, NASA was able to understand how the haze forms in Pluto’s atmosphere.

ViacomCBS Announces Expansion Of CBS All Access, New Tiered Streaming Structure With PlutoTV And Showtime

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish spoke about changes coming to the company's streaming services during a Q4 earnings call.

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Pluto Shocking Discovery: New Findings Suggest Dwarf Planet Could Have Hosted Life

Scientists found evidence of ammonia on Pluto's reddish ice.

Pluto Discovery: How Buried Oceans In Dwarf Planet, Other Worlds May Prove Alien Existence

Subsurface oceans might be more common in the universe than previously believed.

Hypothetical ‘Planet Nine’ Not Causing Outer Solar System Oddities, Alternative Theory Argues

A large planet in the outer reaches of the solar system has been hypothesized for years, and the behavior of some small trans-Neptunian objects is often held up as evidence for the existence of “Planet Nine.”

Planet Or Dwarf? Pluto Incorrectly Lost Planetary Status, Study Suggests

In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, a global body responsible for planetary classification, took away Pluto's designation of solar system's ninth planet.

NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Leaves Hibernation To Perform Historic Deep-Space Flyby

The probe is currently 162 million miles (262 million km) away from its next target and covering 760,200 miles (1,223,420 km) every day.

Pluto Has Dunes Made Of Methane Ice, NASA’s New Horizons Data Shows

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft passed dwarf planet Pluto in 2015, and its data showed Pluto’s surface has dunes, like Earth, Mars, Venus, Saturn’s moon Titan and even the comet 67P.

Is Pluto Made Of A Billion Comets Joined Together?

A group of scientists posited this theory after running cosmological models using NASA’s New Horizons data on Pluto and findings of European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.

Planet Nine: Ghostly Solar System Planet Theories Bolstered By Asteroid Discovery

As per theories, Planet Nine could be 10 times the mass of Earth and 20 times farther from the sun than Neptune.

Charon, Pluto's Biggest Moon, Has Some Interesting Names For Its Surface Features

The names primarily focus on the idea of human explorations, with some honoring the people involved in it in some way or the other.

6 Types Of Planets, From Gas Giants To Water Worlds

There are a ton of planets out there in the universe, and each one is different from the next.

NASA To Announce Finalists For Space Mission Today: Who Are The Contenders?

Watch NASA announce the finalists for the next New Frontiers mission today. Who are the teams in contention and what do they want NASA to study next?

Icy Planets Could Have Subsurface Oceans Due To Gravitational Interaction With Moons

Subsurface oceans on icy bodies in the outer solar system, beyond Neptune’s orbit, could exist because of their interaction with their moons, including on Pluto.

NASA Pluto Photos: 5 Gorgeous Images Of The Dwarf Planet

The New Horizons spacecraft has gotten us closer than ever to Pluto and shown NASA how complex this dwarf planet really is.

Pluto Is Freezing Cold Because Atmosphere Particles Eat Its Own Heat

Pluto is so cold because weird particles in its atmosphere are eating up all the heat.

Another Failed Doomsday Scare: What Science Says About The Nibiru Conspiracy

NASA has debunked several doomsday theories in the past. Scientific explanations are in place against the Nibiru theory too.

What Does Pluto Look Like? NASA Studying Mysterious Ice Skyscrapers

Pluto has icy structures on its surface that are as big as skyscrapers, and scientists are trying to figure out how these mysterious things formed.

Loner Or Lovers? NASA Spacecraft To Investigate Ancient Mystery Object — Or Objects

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is going to solve the mystery of whether this ancient space object is one weird-shaped rock or two that are close enough to touch each other.

A 10th Planet In Our Solar System? Scientists Say It’s Hidden Among Asteroids

Planet 10? Pluto had its planetary rank ripped away from it, but there could be two more planets out there waiting to take its place.

Kuiper Belt Object, Target Of New Horizons Flyby, Will Be Seen From Earth By Scientists

On three days in June and July, scientists will train their telescopes and cameras on a small object over 4 billion miles away, as it passes in front of different stars.