Bring up the former planet Pluto in conversation and you’re guaranteed to be met with a strong opinion. In one camp are those ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

Pluto reaches opposition and is ready for those who want to chase it down. Use the biggest scope you've got, or take aim with ...

Pluto's discovery was widely celebrated, especially in the U.S. After all, it was the first planet discovered in the new world, and America needed the win in 1930.

Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear.

We’re talking death and renewal and the backspin of the petit but potent planet Pluto, beginning its retrograde in Aquarius on May 2. Read on to learn more about how this transit.

Pluto, as seen by the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew towards the planet on July 14, 2015, from a range of 22,025 miles (35,445 kilometers).

In 2006, the IAU famously dropped Pluto from the pantheon of planets because it did not meet the union’s criteria. As stated on the union’s website, a planet in the solar system: ...

Pluto soon became America’s favorite planet, especially after Walt Disney named one of his characters, a charismatic dog, after the newly found planet. Plutomania caught the country – and the ...

Rep. Justin Wilmeth is advocating for the Pluto to become Arizona's state planet. The bill is now in Gov. Katie Hobbs' hands. Here's what to know.

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.