Discovered in 1930 at the Lowell Observatory, Pluto was demoted as a planet in 2006. Some want President Trump to take action ...

FLAGSTAFF, Az. – Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and ...

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman just urged the president to ‘make Pluto great again’—but Trump doesn’t have the power to do ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 when the IAU redefined what it means to be a planet, declaring that a planet must be a celestial body that orbits the sun, is round or nearly round and ...

PHOENIX – The Pluto Discovery Telescope at Lowell Observatory has reopened for the first time in a year after undergoing renovations. The telescope in Flagstaff was made famous on Feb. 18, 1930 when ...

Discover how a rare "kiss and capture" impact gave rise to the Pluto-Charon binary system, shedding new light on the evolution and motion of icy worlds in the outer solar system. (CREDIT: NASA) ...

The renewed push is stirring controversy nearly two decades after the dwarf planet classification was introduced. Renewed ...

February 18 marks the discovery of Pluto by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh. The discovery reshaped the understanding of the solar system, as Pluto was long considered the ninth planet until the ...