Pluto’s new moons get mythical names
Pluto may not be a planet anymore, but it still has a few moons. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is ...
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Pluto’s moons pose grave threat to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft
Artist impression of the New Horizons spacecraft set to fly by the Pluto system in July ...
New moon discovered around Pluto – the fifth
Astronomers have discovered a new moon orbiting the dwarf planet of Pluto - its fifth - only a year after ...
Pluto might host a hidden ocean
Some astronomers have long believed that an ocean might lurk beneath Pluto's ice, heated by isotopes undergoing a radioactive decay ...
Dwarf planet Eris, which led to Pluto’s demise as a planet, may bring back it’s status
Eris is a dwarf planet, observed in 2005 for the first time, whose discovery led to Pluto losing its planet ...
Pluto gets a new moonand still isn’t a planet
All eyes seem to be pointed on Jupiter and Mars these days, with NASA probes being planned for both of ...
Hubble discoveres new moon around Pluto
Astronomers have discovered ...
Pluto is changing colors
Pluto is so upset that it's no longer a planet, that it's turning all red with anger ! No, seriously. ...