Pluto’s “heart” may be cold as ice, but it’s in the right place, according to research by University of Arizona scientists. Sputnik Planitia, a 1,000-kilometer wide basin within the iconic ...

Pluto, once seen as a frozen dot at the edge of the solar system, has turned out to be a geologically dynamic place where ...

Pluto seems frozen in the cold, far beyond Neptune. Yet the images from the New Horizons probe continue to deliver surprises.

Pluto, the Solar System’s largest dwarf planet, just became even more interesting with a report that icy lava flows have recently covered substantial tracts of its surface. In this context, “recently” ...

New Horizons team scientist Carly Howett says no one expected the kind of geologic activity that the spacecraft appears to have found on the dwarf... On The Cold, Dead Fringes Of The Solar System, ...

Pluto's 'heart' may be cold as ice, but it's in the right place, according to research by University of Arizona scientists Sputnik Planitia, a 1,000-kilometer wide basin within the iconic heart-shaped ...