There's another odd aspect of Pluto's orbit. When the dwarf planet reaches perihelion — its closest point to the sun — it's always above the plane of the planets. That's "really peculiar," Malhotra ...

With Pluto in Aquarius, the focus will be on democracy, technology, and social reform. Expect whistleblowers, reckonings, ...

Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...

While the James Webb Space Telescope looks for the most distant galaxies ever seen, astronomers have discovered something new in our very own solar system. Researchers from the U.S. and Canada have ...

In the cold, distant reaches of the Solar System, far beyond Pluto, astronomers have just identified what could be a new dwarf planet. It's called 2017 OF 201, a rock that appears to be some 700 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. This image of Pluto was made after the New Horizons spacecraft flew past the dwarf planet on July ...