Pluto News


Mission Press Releases

  • Pluto's Moons and Possible Rings May Be Hazards: New Horizons and the Gauntlet it may Encounter in 2015
    Southwest Research Institute - Tuesday, October 16, 2012
    Posted on: 10/16/2012 7:01:38 PM PDT

  • Sharpest-Ever Ground-Based Images of Pluto and Charon
    Gemini Observatory - Wednesday, September 26, 2012
    Posted on: 9/26/2012 10:39:21 PM PDT

  • Faraway Eris Is Pluto's Twin
    European Southern Observatory - Wednesday, October 26, 2011
    Posted on: 10/26/2011 6:17:54 PM PDT

  • NASA'S Hubble Discovers Another Moon Around Pluto
    NASA HQ - Wednesday, July 20, 2011
    Posted on: 7/20/2011 3:00:52 PM PDT

  • Volunteer Star Gazers Needed for Space Mission
    University of Central Florida - Tuesday, June 28, 2011
    Posted on: 6/29/2011 2:24:24 AM PDT

  • Astronomers Observe Pluto & Its Moons
    Williams College - Tuesday, June 28, 2011
    Posted on: 6/29/2011 2:23:07 AM PDT

  • Nitrogen, Methane Dominate Icy Surface of Eris
    Northern Arizona University - Sunday, October 10, 2010
    Posted on: 10/10/2010 8:01:52 PM PDT

  • New Horizons Images: LORRI Looks Back at "Old Friend" Jupiter
    Johns Hopkins University APL New Horizons Mission - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
    Posted on: 7/27/2010 3:34:17 PM PDT

  • Pluto's White, Dark-Orange, and Charcoal Black Terrain Captured by Hubble
    NASA HQ - Thursday, February 4, 2010
    Posted on: 2/4/2010 10:10:52 AM PDT

  • New Horizons Detects Neptune's Moon Triton
    Johns Hopkins University APL New Horizons Mission - Wednesday, March 18, 2009
    Posted on: 3/18/2009 11:23:44 AM PDT

  • New Horizons Team Celebrates 30th Anniversary of Charon’s Discovery
    Johns Hopkins University APL New Horizons Mission - Friday, July 4, 2008
    Posted on: 7/4/2008 1:26:41 PM PDT

  • Plutoid chosen as name for Solar System objects like Pluto
    International Astronomical Union - Wednesday, June 11, 2008
    Posted on: 6/11/2008 9:19:31 PM PDT

  • University of Hawaii Astronomer Takes Sharpest Picture of Pluto System
    University of Hawaii - Friday, October 12, 2007
    Posted on: 10/12/2007 9:53:26 AM PDT

  • The Dwarf Planet Known as Eris is More Massive than Pluto, New Data Shows
    California Institute of Technology - Friday, June 15, 2007
    Posted on: 6/15/2007 12:36:52 PM PDT

  • Astronomers Measure Mass of Eris
    W.M. Keck Observatory - Friday, June 15, 2007
    Posted on: 6/15/2007 12:35:28 PM PDT

  • Kuiper-belt Object Was Broken up by Massive Impact 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Study Shows
    California Institute of Technology - Wednesday, March 14, 2007
    Posted on: 3/14/2007 4:36:23 PM PDT

  • Does Pluto's Atmosphere Go Through the Fast-Freeze?
    European Planetary Science Congress - Thursday, September 21, 2006
    Posted on: 9/21/2006 9:02:25 PM PDT

  • IAU names dwarf planet Eris
    International Astronomical Union - Thursday, September 14, 2006
    Posted on: 9/14/2006 9:28:23 PM PDT

  • Statement from NMSU Astronomy Department head regarding reclassification of Pluto
    New Mexico State University - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
    Posted on: 9/5/2006 8:03:14 PM PDT

  • Pluto supporters to IAU: The debate's not over
    New Mexico State University - Tuesday, September 5, 2006
    Posted on: 9/5/2006 8:01:56 PM PDT

    		• Mission Status Releases

  • The Formation of Pluto's Low Mass Satellites
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 13, 2013
    Posted on: 3/13/2013 5:44:51 PM PDT

  • First Announcement: The Pluto System on the Eve of Exploration by New Horizons: Perspectives and Predictions
    Planetary Exploration Newsletter - July 8, 2012
    Posted on: 7/8/2012 6:35:47 PM PDT

  • Is the Pluto System Dangerous?
    Johns Hopkins University APL New Horizons Mission - November 8, 2011
    Posted on: 11/8/2011 5:37:10 PM PDT

  • Pluto's Light Curve in 1933-1934
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - May 15, 2008
    Posted on: 5/15/2008 7:12:23 AM PDT

  • Volcanoes in Space?
    Ames Research Center - August 20, 2007
    Posted on: 8/20/2007 5:58:42 PM PDT

  • New Mexico Legislature: Declaring Pluto a Planet and March 13, 2007 as Pluto Planet Day
    New Mexico Legislature - March 8, 2007
    Posted on: 3/8/2007 6:02:11 AM PDT

  • IAU Numbers Pluto as an Asteroid, Renames Xena and Gabrielle
    Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics - September 13, 2006
    Posted on: 9/13/2006 9:57:20 PM PDT

  • City of Madison, Wisconsin: Proclaiming Pluto as Madison's ninth planet
    Madison Wisconsin - September 7, 2006
    Posted on: 9/7/2006 11:27:56 AM PDT

  • California Assembly Bill HR 36 Relative to Pluto's planetary status
    State of California - September 6, 2006
    Posted on: 9/6/2006 10:28:47 PM PDT

  • Is Pluto a Planet? Astronomers Vote, JHU Takes Straw Poll
    Johns Hopkins University - August 21, 2006
    Posted on: 8/21/2006 6:52:55 PM PDT

  • Analysis of the rotational properties of Kuiper belt objects
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 18, 2006
    Posted on: 3/18/2006 12:41:49 PM PDT

  • Satellites of the largest Kuiper belt objects
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 26, 2006
    Posted on: 2/26/2006 8:13:22 AM PDT

  • Water Ice on the Satellite of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 18, 2006
    Posted on: 2/18/2006 3:04:54 PM PDT

  • The CFEPS Kuiper Belt Survey: Strategy and Pre-survey Results
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 17, 2006
    Posted on: 2/17/2006 1:41:11 PM PDT

  • A Brief History of Trans-Neptunian Space
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 16, 2006
    Posted on: 2/16/2006 4:32:20 PM PDT

  • The Albedo, Size, and Density of Binary Kuiper Belt Object (47171) 1999 TC36
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 15, 2006
    Posted on: 2/15/2006 12:05:41 PM PDT

  • Charon's radius and density from the combined data sets of the 2005 July 11 occultation
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - February 11, 2006
    Posted on: 2/11/2006 5:15:13 PM PDT

  • Kuiper-belt Binary Formation through Exchange Reactions
    arXiv.org e-Print archive - March 6, 2003
    Posted on: 3/6/2003 4:57:49 PM PDT

  • The Fate of Pluto's Atmosphere
    University of Arizona - August 2, 2002
    Posted on: 8/2/2002 10:42:18 AM PDT

  • CBD: NASA: NASA Broad Agency Announcement - NASA's Earth Science Technology Office
    Goddard Space Flight Center - January 10, 2002
    Posted on: 1/10/2002 7:15:30 PM PDT

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