For 76 years, Pluto was our ninth, and farthest planet in the solar system. Today, it's still one of the farthest objects in our solar neighborhood, but it now goes by another title: dwarf planet ...

On Jan. 3, 1959, Alaska was granted statehood, fulfilling young Benson's prophecy. He died on July 2, 1972 at the age of 58. Joe Rao serves as an instructor and guest lecturer at New York's Hayden ...

New Horizons makes it closest approach to Pluto at 7:49 a.m. EDT at a distance of 7,770 miles (12,500 kilometers) from the surface. The craft will be busy conducting its most detailed surveillance at ...