These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

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NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If you answered "Pluto's planethood," your grasp of the astronomical is excellent. Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the ...