The Latest Breaking News from Pluto

Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice

Scientists didn't expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star.

Space · Sep 23, 2025

Which capital city used to be named after Christian IV of Denmark? The Saturday quiz

From Boeing 747s to Pluto, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022

What's it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues

What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn’s moon Titan?

The Conversation · May 19, 2022

Astronomers Discover ‘Geological Wonderland’ On Pluto

Cryovolcanoes — or ice volcanoes — can tower up to 4.5 miles tall.

Zenger · Apr 1, 2022

Pluto: 'recent' volcanism raises puzzle – how can such a cold body power eruptions?

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” means probably no more than a billion years ago. That’s old, of course – and there is no suggestion…

The Conversation · Mar 29, 2022

Pluto's giant 'ice volcanoes' made from many recent smaller eruptions: New Horizons study

When the New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Pluto in 2015, it snapped photos of what appeared to be two massive ice volcanoes. But all is not what it seems.

ABC News · Mar 29, 2022

Pluto’s peaks are ice volcanoes, scientists conclude

Existence of volcanoes makes idea that dwarf planet is inert ball of ice look increasingly improbable

The Guardian - UK · Mar 29, 2022

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – reviews roundup

Woman, Eating by Claire Kohda; Lambda by David Musgrave; Plutoshine by Lucy Kissick; The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi; and The Way of the Worm by Ramsey Campbell

The Guardian - UK · Mar 11, 2022

How tall is the tallest tree and how cold is Pluto? Try our kids’ quiz

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brain-teasers for future quizzes

The Guardian - UK · Mar 5, 2022

America is about to experience a ‘Pluto return’ – here’s what astrologers say you should expect

The Pluto return occurs every 248 years, and historically brings about transformative change

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2022