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How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.
Think you know Pluto? Think again. From its mysterious orbit to why it’s so hard to spot - even with Hubble - this video ...
While for most people Pluto is the most distant planet in the Solar System, things get a lot more fuzzy once you pass Neptune ...
Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...
How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...
What processes during the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially led to it having cryovolcanism, and even an ...
In the outer reaches of our solar system, far beyond the orbit of Pluto, lies Sedna, one of the most mysterious objects ever ...
Discovered in 1930 after a nearly year-long telescopic search by a young observatory assistant named Clyde Tombaugh, Pluto is so faint and so distant—its 248-year orbit averages 3.7 billion ...
Sedna will reach its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, providing a remarkable space-faring opportunity that won’t come ...
But both time and money are in short supply. As Pluto is the most distant of the nine planets, its 248-year orbit around the Sun is lengthy compared with human timescales.