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NASA’s New Horizons mission has taken humanity closer than ever to understanding the mysterious dwarf planet, Pluto. In 2015, ...
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James Webb Space Telescope observations suggest Pluto’s atmosphere is unlike any other in the solar system, confirming a 2017 ...
The first observations of Pluto by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) reveal dramatic phenomena on its surface, like ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's ...
As a result of the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet, our solar system ...
The TNO is potentially large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet, the same category as the much more well-known Pluto ... announced by the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center ...
similar to Pluto's orbit." The researchers identified 2017 OF201 using 19 different astronomical database exposures, captured over seven years. The International Astronomical Union’s Minor ...
Pluto, discovered in 1930, was originally classified as the ninth planet of the Solar System. However, this changed in 2006 when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the criteria ...