The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...

Could Pluto’s atmosphere behave like Earth’s? We discovered that a new and unique (in the solar system) atmospheric process forms these snowy mountains on Pluto.” Data gathered during the ...

The research was carried ... refreezing back onto its surface. Pluto is getting colder and colder, they added. Scientists said its surface pressure and atmospheric density continued to increase ...

But the bright frosts on the peaks of Pluto's Cthulhu region are mostly made of methane-rich ice, according to a new analysis by the research ... of mountains because atmospheric temperatures ...

When Charon is positioned between the Sun and Pluto, Georgia Tech research indicates that the moon can significantly reduce atmospheric loss The largest of Pluto's three moons, Charon is over half ...

And now, two research teams have described ... on seasonal timescales, then Pluto may experience small-amplitude wobbles akin to Earth’s annual, atmospheric-pressure-driven wobble," one paper ...

The data will help atmospheric modelers improve their understanding of Pluto’s subsurface layers ... nonprofit, applied research and development organization based in San Antonio, Texas ...

New research suggests Pluto may have had a “kiss” with its largest moon billions of years ago in a harmless collision. The report, published in “Nature Geoscience,” describes how the ...

“There shouldn’t be enough interior heat inside Pluto,” says Kelsi Singer, a geophysicist at the Southwest Research Institute ... would be too cold that its atmospheric constituents would ...

Brand-new research suggests that Sputnik Planitia, the famous heart-shaped region of Pluto plays a pivotal role in regulating the atmospheric circulation across the distant dwarf planet.

"As the Earth has warmed over the last 100 years, so too have Jupiter, Neptune, Mars and Pluto," reads the caption of an Oct. 25 Facebook post. The post garnered more than 200 shares in a month.