What Pluto can teach us about planets and our solar system : Short Wave Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size ...

Despite Pluto's reclassification as a dwarf planet, it continues to fascinate researchers and space observers around the world. A few reasons include that its orbit is elliptical and has a 17 ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has discovered that a hazy sky over frozen Pluto is helping to cool the dwarf planet's atmosphere, while at the same time giving methane and other organic ...

A group of researchers say Pluto was unfairly maligned by a decision to relegate it to "dwarf planet" status — and that we should consider our solar system to have more than 150 planets.

Poor Pluto. On August 24, 2006 at the International Astronomy Union (IAU) General Assembly the ninth planet was scrubbed only 76 years after its discovery. Even weirder is that it actually got ...

Group of scientists published 5-year study arguing the current definition of planet was rushed, and should include Pluto, along with 100 other celestial bodies.

Once believed to be the ninth planet from the sun, Pluto lost its planet status in 2006 — causing controversy both scientifically and culturally. Skip to content NOWCAST WESH 2 News at Noon ...

But why isn't Pluto considered a planet anymore? It starts with the definition of a planet — or lack thereof. Before 2006, there weren't strict criteria for a planet.

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to downgrade Pluto to a dwarf planet, causing controversy both scientifically and culturally.

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to downgrade Pluto to a dwarf planet, causing controversy both scientifically and culturally.

Once believed to be the ninth planet from the sun, Pluto lost its planet status in 2006 — causing controversy both scientifically and culturally. Skip to content NOWCAST KETV NewsWatch 7 First News ...

Once believed to be the ninth planet from the sun, Pluto lost its planet status in 2006 — causing controversy both scientifically and culturally. Skip to content NOWCAST KMBC 9 First News at 4:30AM ...