The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

Decades-old pictures of Pluto’s heart are breaking the Internet again. University of Oxford's Dr Carly Howett explains the science behind the New Horizons mission and that famous 5-billion-kilometre ...

Pluto and Charon don’t behave like a typical planet and moon system. Instead of Charon orbiting inside Pluto’s body, both ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This image of Pluto was made after the New Horizons spacecraft flew past the dwarf planet on July ...

"'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Pluto pulled Adeene Denton into its orbit during her undergraduate internship at the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston. It was summer 2015, when the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past the ...