NASA launched the New Horizons probe which would provide never-before-seen images of the dwarf planet, its moons and other objects.

The instrument is the Prime Focus Spectrograph, and it is one of the flagship instruments in the next era of the Subaru ...

Learn what this survey recorded of exocomet belts, which imaged and identified bands of every size.

Astrophysicists have imaged a large number of exocomet belts around nearby stars, and the tiny pebbles within them. The crystal-clear images show light being emitted from these millimeter-sized ...

The study offers first images of exocomet belts around 74 nearby stars. Detailed structure of belts revealed, including locations of pebbles and exocomets. All 74 exocomet belts, as imaged in this ...

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with ...

Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...

The concept of Planet X, or Planet Nine, has captivated astronomers for decades. This hypothetical planet, theorized to be ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...