If you lived on one of Pluto’s moons Nix or Hydra, you’d have a hard time setting your alarm clock. That’s because you could not know for sure when, or even in which direction, the sun would rise. A ...

Using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to view the ninth planet in our solar system, astronomers discovered Pluto may have not one, but three moons. If confirmed, the discovery of the two new moons could ...

Pluto was identified in 1930, but by 1994, it was still little more than a blurry pixelated smudge on astronomers’ screens. Today, we marvel at its icy plains, towering mountains, and stunningly ...

A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is ...

If you lived on one of Pluto's moons, you might have a hard time determining when, or from which direction, the sun will rise each day. Comprehensive analysis of data from NASA's Hubble Space ...

First as a planet and then as a dwarf planet , Pluto has been a curiosity since American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered it in 1930. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a fourth moon orbiting Pluto. Pluto - for the record - is still classified as a dwarf planet. Astronomer Larry Wasserman of Lowell ...

Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope discovered a fourth moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The tiny, new satellite – temporarily designated P4 -- was uncovered in a Hubble survey ...

In the Hubble Space Telescope's 31 years of service, it has been a very busy telescope. Not only has it taken stunning, breathtaking photos of planets, nebulas, and other things you can find in space, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Hubble Space Telescope has discovered a tiny fourth moon orbiting the distant icy dwarf planet Pluto, NASA said on Wednesday. The space telescope was searching for rings ...

A team of astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is reporting the discovery of another moon orbiting the icy dwarf planet Pluto. The moon is estimated to be irregular in shape and 6 to 15 ...