Pluto’s giant landslides: New Horizons images reveal six collapses on the dwarf planet, one big enough to bury a city

On July 14, 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft passed within approximately 12,500 kilometers (7,770 miles) of Pluto, giving ...
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Pluto lost its planet status in 2006 by a vote of astronomers - the rule it failed to meet

On August 24, 2006, in Prague, members of the International Astronomical Union gathered for the final day of their General ...
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Could Pluto Once Again Be Considered a Planet? New Remarks From NASA’s Administrator Highlight an Enduring Debate Among Scientists

For decades, scientists and the general public have argued over the astronomical status of beloved dwarf planet Pluto. In the latest salvo, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that he was “very ...

[Blueprint of Planetary Intelligence] Hydra — The Pure White Barrier Guarding the Outermost Perimeter of the Pluto System

The Pure White Barrier Guarding the Outermost Perimeter of the Pluto SystemPrevious RecapIn the previous story, we approached the true nature of Nix, the small guardian moon of Pluto. Around Pluto, ...
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NASA Telescope Finds New Details About Pluto’s Largest Moon

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. New information about Pluto's largest moon that was revealed by a NASA ...
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Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

[Blueprint of Planetary Intelligence] Kerberos — The Pluto-space lodger, formed by two fused masses

The Pluto-space lodger, formed by two fused massesPrevious Episode RecapIn the previous story, we approached the secrets of ...
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Why isn't Pluto a planet anymore? Some want Trump to reverse demotion

Pluto was downgraded from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union. NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has stated his support for President Trump to take action to ...
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University of Hawaii Astronomer Takes Sharpest Picture of Pluto System

Almost 30 years after the discovery of Pluto’s large moon, Charon, a University of Hawaii astronomer has used a ground-based telescope to take an image of the Pluto system that exceeds the sharpness ...
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Astronomers Just Confirmed the Presence of Carbon Dioxide On Pluto’s Moon Charon — Where Did it Come From?

This composite of enhanced color images that NASA’s New Horizons mission took when it flew near Pluto (lower right) and Charon (upper left) on July 14, 2015. While Pluto and Charon’s true separation ...
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Pluto May Have A Subsurface Ocean

When the NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft buzzed by Pluto last year, it revealed tantalizing clues that the dwarf planet might have — or had at one time — a liquid ocean sloshing around under its icy ...