Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...

A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects ...

In fact, Charon is so large compared to its host world that it and Pluto actually orbit a common center of mass (or "barycenter") that is outside the surface of Pluto itself. This peculiar mass ...

An impact early in Pluto’s history would have created a mass deficit, causing Sputnik Planitia to slowly migrate toward the dwarf planet’s north pole over time while the planet was still forming.

Pluto is too far away from Earth to be seen with the naked eye. If you stood on Pluto's surface, the Sun would merely appear to be a very bright star. Although previous images showed that ...

the difference between Pluto and Sedna offers a new clue about how specific escape processes might shape the surface compositions of these distant objects. Sedna, being close to the mass threshold ...

If a person with a mass of 55kg was to travel to Jupiter or Pluto, the effects of gravity would be very different from those on Earth. Gravity is the pull that a planet exerts towards its centre.