With discoveries about Pluto from NASA’s New Horizons mission rolling in, here are nine of the most interesting facts about the former planet. 1. Pluto was first discovered by a young research ...

But how big is it? Here's all you need to know... Pluto is about one-sixth the width of Earth, at just 1,420 miles in diameter. It is far smaller even than Earth’s moon, and 30 times smaller ...

Pluto's orbit: Quick facts Pluto's rotation is retrograde compared to the solar systems' other worlds; it spins backward, from east to west. Average distance from the sun: 3,670,050,000 miles ...

NASA ’s New Horizon’s probe reached Pluto today. In honor of its arrival, here are nine facts about the former ninth planet. In 2006, the New Horizons probe was launched (Pluto was still ...

Until 2015, Pluto, the former ninth planet of the classical solar system, was largely a mystery—a tiny speck 3.6 billion miles from the sun. When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft arrived at the ...

For now, though, here are the five strangest facts about Pluto, the former ninth planet in our solar system: 1. Pluto used to be giant When Pluto was discovered (by American Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Little Pluto is a little bigger than anyone imagined. On the eve of NASA's historic flyby of Pluto, scientists announced the New Horizons spacecraft has nailed the size ...

On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizon's space ship will get its closest look at Pluto after a nine and a half year trek. That's a 4.7 billion kilometre drive. Give or take. READ MORE: NASA's New Horizons ...

1. When Pluto was discovered in 1930, a competition was held to find a name for the new planet. Eleven-year-old Venetia Burney from Oxford chose Pluto because it was dark and far away ...

PLUTO was once considered the ninth and most distant planet from the sun but is now the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. But how big is Pluto and how far is it from Earth? Pluto is ...