Using data collected by the spacecraft’s LEISA spectral imager, researchers are uncovering the true nature of Nix’s surface coarse, pure water ice that behaves like rock due to the extreme cold of ...

Pluto was identified in 1930, but by 1994, it was still little more than a blurry pixelated smudge on astronomers’ screens. Today, we marvel at its icy plains, towering mountains, and stunningly ...

Far from being flat and boring, Pluto seemed to be full of mountains, plains and maybe even "snow". By measuring the size of the shadows, we could estimate the height of these peaks at over 4,000m ...

According to data gathered from the New Horizons spacecraft, scientists say that Pluto is likely to have water ice, geysers, and volcanoes. The ice mountains are 11,000 feet high, and the planet's ...

New Horizons image showing Pluto's smooth surface and mountains. Courtesy NASA A young surface suggests that the planet may still be geologically active, but scientists are uncertain about what form ...

Its surface features a variety of landscapes, including mountains, valleys ... The discovery of a liquid water ocean beneath Pluto’s icy surface challenges our understanding of this distant ...

(CN) — New research suggests that as Pluto formed billions of years ago, a series of natural materials impacting on the planetary surface may have created liquid oceans beneath the dwarf planet’s icy ...

If it does, New Horizons is poised to make dramatic new discoveries, not just about Pluto, but about the vast realm of icy bodies lurking beyond Neptune, relics of the earliest days of the solar ...

Scientists reported that UB313 – an icy, rocky body out on the edge of the solar system – is actually bigger than Pluto, which some critics have suggested is too small to be a planet.

Pluto was thought to be entirely frozen over 800 million years ago but a discovery of a gaseous layer reveals that there might be liquid below the planet’s icy exterior. A study published by ...

For decades, it captivated imaginations with its icy surface and distant ... mission revealed ice mountains, glaciers and possible subsurface oceans, proving Pluto is geologically active.