Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 24, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical ...
Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...
Pluto may be a “dwarf” planet, but it is still a planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, responding to the discovery of several Pluto-like objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, ...
A new formation theory for Pluto's moon Charon could explain why Pluto is geologically active. Illustration incorporates NASA New Horizons terrain imagery. Pluto — demoted to dwarf planets status in ...
Hosted on MSN
New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly
When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...
Pluto sits far out in the Solar System, small and dim, moving at a pace that barely fits human timelines. It was found in 1930, at a time when astronomy still relied on patient observation and ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results