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 ...

A new color movie combines more than 100 images taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during the probe's historic Pluto flyby in the summer of 2015. The dwarf planet Ceres still holds pockets of ice ...

Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system Shi En Kim - Reporter A color-enhanced photo of Pluto that was captured by the New Horizons ...

It’s been 18 years since Pluto’s celestial status was called into question—yet the matter seems far from settled. We asked experts from both sides to make their case. This 2015 NASA image of Pluto ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930; however, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it as a dwarf planet, a decision sparking debate among astronomers and planetary ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. If you were born in the last century you might ...