Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Dwarf Planet
What Is a Dwarf Planet? A dwarf planet is a celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun and has enough mass to be…
What Is a Dwarf Planet? A dwarf planet is a celestial body that is in orbit around the Sun and has enough mass to be…
These icy bodies are the leftovers from planet formation. In the distant reaches of the solar system lies a region called the Kuiper Belt. Beyond…
New information from NASA’s New Horizons Mission has revealed more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto. From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, scientists continue…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has captured images of Pluto’s tiny moon Kerberos, completing the family portrait of Pluto’s moons. Kerberos appears to be smaller than…
New images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal the shape and size of Pluto’s smallest moon, Styx. Styx – also the faintest of Pluto’s five…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveals new images of Pluto’s moons Hydra and Nix. Pluto has five known moons. In order of distance from Pluto, they…
As astrophysicists around the world watch to see what NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft will reveal about the Pluto, Scott Kenyon of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft shows a close-up image of an equatorial region near the base of Pluto’s bright heart-shaped feature, revealing a mountain range with…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has only just reached Pluto, but it has already solved a decades-long debated question about the dwarf planet: How big is…
New research provides important constraints on the sequence of events that led to the formation of the Pluto system, revealing the resonant interactions and chaotic…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has photographed Kerberos and Styx – the smallest and faintest of Pluto’s five known moons. It’s a complete Pluto family photo…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft views Pluto’s moons Nix and Hydra as it continues on its journey toward the dwarf planet. Exactly 85 years after Clyde…
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics held a new debate to discuss the planetary status of Pluto. What is a planet? For generations of kids, the…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is only a year away from Pluto. This new ScienceCast video previews what researchers may see when the spacecraft makes its…
A newly published study looks at the formation of Pluto and its low-mass satellites, finding Pluto and Charon formed from particles that coalesced together in…
A new ScienceCast video details what NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft might find when it reaches Pluto next January. One of the fastest spacecraft ever built…
Kerberos and Styx have been officially recognized as the names for the fourth and fifth moons of Pluto. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) is announcing…