The long-running NASA spacecraft will soon become the first ever to visit this distant, icy world.
The New Horizons spacecraft has managed to capture the orbit of Pluto's largest moon like never before.
New Horizons will be looking for signs of a subterranean sea when it reaches Pluto and Charon next year.
A new theory suggests that Pluto, like Europa and Enceladus, may be home to a liquid water ocean.
The fuel needed to send space probes on missions to other planets could run out within ten years.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has celebrated another milestone - its first photograph of Charon.
Italian archaeologists have announced the discovery of Pluto's Gate amongst ruins in southwestern Turkey.
Astronomers have discovered two new moons around the distant dwarf planet within the last two years.
Dangerous debris orbiting around Pluto could prove a hazard to NASA's approaching New Horizons probe.
Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new moon orbiting Pluto.
Scientists have discovered the 'building blocks of life' on the surface of the cold, distant world Pluto.
NASA's New Horizons probe is still hurtling towards Pluto at a speed of 1 million miles a day.
Move over Europa - new computer models suggest Pluto may also hide a hidden ocean under its surface.
Pluto may have been demoted but it turns out it is the largest body in the outer solar system after all.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures showing Pluto changing colour in a new series of detailed photographs.
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