Unpopular opinion time, but someone has to say it: I think Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet itself. Let ...

The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

Learn how Pluto nearly kept its planet status in a proposed 12-planet Solar System as its demotion marks its 20th anniversary. Eight days before Pluto lost its planetary status, it appeared ready to ...

For decades, scientists and the general public have argued over the astronomical status of beloved dwarf planet Pluto. In the latest salvo, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said that he was “very ...

There's been a fierce debate over the past two decades about the status of the distant icy world of Pluto after it was contentiously stripped of its planethood and reclassified as a dwarf planet. Nasa ...

Twenty years after Pluto became a dwarf planet, people are still fighting over its status. Experts explain why the debate feels so personal.

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting the decision – and they’re only getting more passionate ...

Pluto is no longer a planet. The world’s top group of astronomers, the International Astronomical Union, has stripped Pluto of the status it has held since its discovery 76 years ago. The body decided ...

Pluto was considered one of the nine planets of our solar system. But 20 years ago, Pluto lost its status as a planet, a decision that caused major controversy. According to a National Geographic ...

It's been 20 years since Pluto was declassified as the ninth planet in our solar system, and many people wish it had never lost its status. A recent comment from NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by astronomer Clyde Tombaugh. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union passed a resolution reclassifying Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet. Pluto is ...

The search for an unknown planet in our solar system has inspired astronomers for more than a century. Now, a recent study suggests a potential new candidate, which the paper’s authors have dubbed ...