The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...

Twenty-Seven Years and Three Billion Miles -- A New Planet -- Gaps -- "With the Tip of a Pen" -- Post-Discovery Controversies -- The Search for Planet X -- Clyde's Planet -- Planetary Astronomy -- ...

Ted Stryk, Roane State associate professor of philosophy and English, had an asteroid named in his honor upon providing crucial image processing work used in NASA's Pluto exploration. His work was ...

Woodside Petroleum plans to release early one of the two rigs exploring for gas to support a second train at its Pluto LNG export project in Western Australia. The oil and gas outfit said the Maersk ...

As we start a new year, we should review two notable planetary missions of 2015. The Messenger spacecraft finished its survey of Mercury, while the New Horizons spacecraft successfully reached Pluto.