Pluto reaches opposition and the Moon waxes to First Quarter as shooting stars streak through the sky this week.

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

Pluto is so distant, you need a telescope to see it. ... The Peach Mountain Observatory in Dexter, hosts local astronomy group events, and offers viewing through a 24-inch telescope, ...

The post Scientists Might Just Have Discovered Another Dwarf Planet Sibling For Pluto first on TwistedSifter. In 2006, Ceres – located in our solar system’s main asteroid belt – was officially ...

Over the past decade, researchers have been puzzling through Pluto’s mysteries. Meanwhile, the New Horizons probe heads for interstellar space.

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

It took over nine years for New Horizons to reach Pluto after blasting off atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Jan. 19, 2006. After ...

A tiny object far beyond Pluto, newly discovered by the Subaru Telescope, could reshape our understanding of the early Solar System. Named 2023 KQ14, this rare “sednoid” follows an unusual orbit that ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), operated by NASA, has uncovered intriguing new details about Charon—Pluto’s largest moon—including the presence of. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), ...