Why Pluto should be considered a planet
The decision to demote Pluto to a dwarf planet was arbitrary rather than being based on science.
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Pluto has tall icy volcanoes unlike anything else in the solar system — and they may still be active
Ice and fire on the surface of Pluto.
Pluto’s white-peaked mountains are actually covered in methane frost
It's the only place other than Earth in our solar system that's known to have white-peaked mountains
Pluto may have had a ‘hot start’ harboring liquid oceans when it first formed
Although Pluto orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), some studies claim that ...
Not blue nor red: here’s what Pluto actually looks like
This is not what Pluto looks like.
Pluto’s volcanoes might spew out liquid water, new study finds
Talk about a surprising find!
Pluto’s ocean might be held in place by a thin layer of gas
Comfortably insulated.
Pluto is a planet after all, say planetary scientists
Good news for Pluto fans!
Pluto has frozen ‘sand’ dunes made from methane ice
It's the last place scientists expected to find something like this.
Pluto might have been formed by a billion comets
Pluto just got weirder.
These NASA researchers think Pluto is planet, but our definitions are ‘bullshit’ — so they want to change them
I've never given up on you, Pluto.
NASA’s New Horizons probe snaps farthest image from Earth
There's a man-made shuttle at the edge of the solar system, taking photos. It's mind bending.
Layers of hydrocarbon haze could explain why Pluto’s so super-cold
Pluto just got a lot more interesting.
Proposed ‘geophysical definition’ re-instates Pluto as a planet — and adds 100 new ones in the Solar System
I never lost faith in you, Pluto.
Pluto’s ‘heart’ might be filled with an ocean of liquid water
Pluto shares some love.
New NASA image shows first cloud on Pluto
Pluto really is crazy!
Did Pluto’s moon Charon harbor an ancient ocean?
As NASA's New Horizons shuttle zoomed past Pluto, it snapped awesome photos not only of the "ex-planet", but also of ...
NASA finds vast quantities of frozen water on Pluto
New data provided by the New Horizons mission showed that water ice on Pluto is much more common than we ...
New Horizons images suggest Pluto is geologically active
NASA released a stunningly colorful new image of the dwarf planet Pluto, the latest in a series of images that ...
What makes a planet? Finally a simple formula that includes exoplanets as well
There is only one clear set of official criteria by which we class or not a cosmic body as a ...