Planetary scientists have suspected for months the presence of water on Pluto in the form of towering ice mountains (shown below) — some of which rival Earth's Rocky Mountains in height. But it wasn't ...

When NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, Earth watched and celebrated. “The target didn’t disappoint,” says Principal Investigator S. Alan Stern. “It’s absolutely stunning.” And even though ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. NASA has released hundreds of photos of the Pluto system since the flyby in July, but a handful of ...

Pluto was supposed to be a dead little world. Too far from the sun to have active geology, and too close to the Kuiper Belt to be covered in anything but craters. Then, in July, the New Horizons probe ...

NASA just released the best look at Pluto that we'll see from the New Horizons flyby in July. The spacecraft captured these images just 10,000 miles away from Pluto, with a resolution of about 250 ...

After the spacecraft flew by Pluto, it took a look backward. From that vantage point, sunlight illuminated the dwarf planet’s hazy, surprisingly tall atmosphere. “The huge vertical extent of the haze, ...

2015 has been a great year for scientific discovery -- and an especially great year for space exploration. Here are some of the highlights: 1. Pluto In my opinion, Pluto really stole the show this ...

Pluto is not dead. That's the bottom line, according to new research published in the journal Science. The dwarf planet is home to mountains, glaciers and a hazy atmosphere that stretches for a ...