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Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006, when it got a cosmic demotion that still stings space fans. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for ...
We are less than two weeks away from the 95th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto, the ice-caked, rocky sphere orbiting ...
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Why Pluto could be reclassified as a planet again
The debate over Pluto’s planetary status has been ongoing since its reclassification as a “dwarf planet” in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Recent discussions and new scientific ...
(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated how far Pluto is from the sun. The correct number is 3.7 billion miles.) What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If ...
Anyone still smarting over Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet has a reason to perk up. There's some evidence that the planetoid didn't form through the standard process and may instead be the remains of ...
Pluto, discovered in 1930, was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it doesn't meet all the ...
Frankly, we don’t keep up much with Pluto and its status as a planet or non-planet. It’s kind of like when, as a young altar boy, the Catholic Church demoted a bunch of saints. We just rolled with the ...
The heart's brightness arises from sunlight reflection, while red patches, formed by tholins, showcase Pluto's atmospheric ...
The director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium and author of The Pluto Files, Neil deGrasse Tyson, talks about the... Astrophysicist Tyson On 'Pluto Files' The director of ...
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