Dwarf Planet Pluto News

Posted December 20, 2011:

• New Evidence for Complex Molecules on Pluto's Surface

Posted October 26, 2011:

• Faraway Eris Is Pluto's Twin

Posted September 29, 2011:

• Stardust Discovered in Far-Off Planetary Systems

Posted August 22, 2011:

• Astronomers Find Ice and Possibly Methane on Snow White, a Distant Dwarf Planet

Posted July 20, 2011:

• NASA's Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto

Posted May 26, 2011:

• Rendezvous With an Asteroid: NASA to Launch New Science Mission to Near-Earth Asteroid in 2016

Posted April 18, 2011:

• Astronomers Can Tune in to Radio Auroras to Find Exoplanets

Posted December 13, 2010:

• How Saturn's Moon Iapetus Got Its Ridge

Posted October 12, 2010:

• Student-Built Dust Counter Breaks Distance Record on New Horizons Mission to Pluto

Posted September 13, 2010:

• Hubble Harvests Distant Solar System Objects

Posted August 12, 2010:

• Asteroid Found in Gravitational 'Dead Zone' Near Neptune

Posted April 7, 2010:

• Neptune's Moon Triton: Summer Sky of Methane and Carbon Monoxide

Posted February 4, 2010:

• New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's LAMP Shedding Light On Permanently Shadowed Regions Of The Moon

Posted March 2, 2009:

• Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed

Posted November 24, 2008:

• NASA Prepares For New Juno Mission To Jupiter

Posted September 18, 2008:

• Fifth Dwarf Planet Named Haumea

Posted August 19, 2008:

• Astronomers Find Unusual New Denizen Of The Solar System

Posted June 11, 2008:

• 'Plutoid' Chosen As Name For Solar System Objects Like Pluto

Posted October 9, 2007:

• Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Sees Changes In Jupiter System

Posted October 1, 2007:

• Sign Of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming In Nearby Stellar Systems

Posted August 29, 2007:

• Pioneering NASA Spacecraft Mark Thirty Years Of Flight

Posted July 19, 2007:

• Charon: An Ice Machine In The Ultimate Deep Freeze

Posted June 17, 2007:

• Dwarf Planet Eris Is More Massive Than Pluto

Posted May 1, 2007:

• Pluto-Bound New Horizons Provides New Look At Jupiter System

Posted March 30, 2007:

• Rosetta And New Horizons Watch Jupiter

Posted March 22, 2007:

• Kuiper-Belt Object Was Broken Up By Massive Impact 4.5 Billion Years Ago

Posted February 28, 2007:

• NASA Spacecraft Gets Boost From Jupiter For Pluto Encounter

Posted January 19, 2007:

• Zooming To Pluto, New Horizons Spacecraft Approaches Jupiter

Posted January 18, 2007:

• NASA Spacecraft En Route To Pluto Prepares For Jupiter Encounter

Posted September 14, 2006:

• Dwarf Planet Formerly Known As Xena Officially Named 'Eris'

Posted August 25, 2006:

• Pluto Downgraded To 'Dwarf Planet' Status; Solar System Now Has Eight Planets

Posted August 16, 2006:

• Bigger Solar System? Astronomers Debate Definition Of 'Planet' And 'Plutons'

Posted May 11, 2006:

• New Capture Scenario Explains Origin Of Neptune's Oddball Moon Triton

Posted April 17, 2006:

• Hubble Finds 'Tenth Planet' Is Slightly Larger Than Pluto

Posted February 23, 2006:

• Researchers Describe Discovery Of Pluto's New Moons

Posted February 8, 2006:

• NASA's Spitzer Uncovers Hints Of Mega Solar Systems

Posted January 11, 2006:

• Kuiper Belt Moons Are Starting To Seem Typical

Posted January 5, 2006:

• Measuring Charon: Astronomers Seize Rare Opportunity

Posted December 28, 2005:

• University Of Colorado Student-Built Instrument Set To Launch On Pluto Mission

Posted October 31, 2005:

• Hubble Reveals Possible New Moons Around Pluto

Posted October 3, 2005:

• Tenth Planet Has A Moon

Posted July 29, 2005:

• Scientists Discover Solar System's Tenth Planet -- Bigger Than Pluto

Posted June 14, 2005:

• Journey Begins For NASA's New Horizons Probe; APL-Built Pluto Mission Spacecraft Shipped To NASA Goddard For Pre-Launch Tests

Posted June 2, 2005:

• NASA Selects New Frontiers Mission Concept Study

Posted May 7, 2005:

• Scientists Discover Pluto Kin Is A Member Of Saturn Family

Posted February 14, 2005:

• Pluto-Charon Origin May Mirror That Of Earth And Its Moon

Posted December 8, 2004:

• Did Our Sun Capture Alien Worlds? Close Encounter May Explain Some Objects Beyond Neptune

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