Planets, moons and other celestial bodies are named according to rules established by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Pluto did not have any rules for naming surface features because, ...

Venetia Burney, an eleven-year-old English schoolgirl, proposed the name "Pluto" for the newly discovered Planet X, a suggestion relayed to Lowell Observatory via her grandfather. Lowell Observatory ...

The New Horizons flyby of Pluto and its satellites returned a scientific treasure trove of information about these distant and surprisingly complex worlds, showing a vast nitrogen glacier as well as ...

The IAU has assigned names to fourteen geological features on the surface of Pluto. The names pay homage to the underworld mythology, pioneering space missions, historic pioneers who crossed new ...

If you know your mythology, you’re already familiar with Pluto’s spooktacular namesake; the lovable dwarf planet is named after the Roman god of the underworld, also known as Hades in Greek mythology.

Files” is headed to Pluto TV, becoming available beginning on New Year’s Day. Though the beloved, long-running sci-fi drama ...

Welcome to the realm of Pluto. In astrology, this planet symbolizes cycles of death and rebirth and the realm of the underworld. It casts a psychological and soulful darkness that intensifies ...

Just as we were poised to expand our puny Solar System with more modern orbiting deities, the great astronomer’s carving knife came slicing through. It was only a few weeks earlier that the ...

This weekend, Saturn and Pluto conjunct in the zodiac sign of Capricorn on Sunday, January 12, 2020 at precisely 11:59 a.m, EST at 23 degrees in the South node, an astrological event that occurs only ...

The New Horizons flyby of Pluto and its satellites returned a scientific treasure trove of information about these distant and surprisingly complex worlds, showing a vast nitrogen glacier as well as ...