At first, it appeared as though Pluto was sporting snow-capped mountain peaks akin to Earth, but after doing a bit more digging it quickly became clear that Pluto’s peaks aren’t frosted with ...

In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One ...

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 ...

An envelope. It indicates the ability to send an email. According to data gathered from the New Horizons spacecraft, scientists say that Pluto is likely to have water ice, geysers, and volcanoes.

That engine fashioned Pluto’s rich tapestry of flowing glaciers, jagged mountains and other unfamiliar terrestrial features on the surface. To date, only a single mission, the 2015 New Horizons ...

A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...

Artistic representation of the huge and slow impact on Pluto that led to the heart-shaped Sputnik ... [+] Planitia structure on its surface. Ever since NASA's New Horizons sent back the first-ever ...