The James Webb Space Telescope has unveiled that Pluto's high-altitude haze plays a critical role in controlling its climate, a phenomenon unlike anything else in the solar system. This haze ...

The discovery that completely changes the way we understand Pluto: its new climate is discovered All thanks to the James Webb Space Telescope ...

Pluto’s snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost.

Pluto’s surprisingly warm core creates unique ice volcanoes Pluto possess a rough, ice volcano terrain unlike anything else seen in the Solar System ...

Pluto's temperatures, climate and general circulation should therefore be substantially affected by the haze across seasons, the study said. "This is unique in the solar system.

Astronomers may have detected a dozen large objects lurking beyond the Kuiper Belt at the edge of our solar system, suggesting there could be another equally massive, "second Kuiper Belt" hiding ...

Pluto and Charon’s unique characteristics make them the largest binary system in the trans-Neptunian region. Their shared orbital axis and comparable sizes—with Pluto’s diameter about 1,200 ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have peered into a mysterious, blue haze cloaking the surface of Pluto — and discovered that it's dictating the entire dwarf planet's climate and ...

Pluto's snow-capped mountains look like they belong on Earth, but researchers have discovered that the snowy tops of these features are actually made of methane frost.