Coming back to Capricorns, the 16-year transit has been trying not just for those with the zodiac in their big 3, but otherwise as well. So here's how it has been and how it's going to be for all ...

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 ...

In this except from "Space Camp," a special series from NPR science podcast Short Wave, host Regina Barber delves into Pluto's demotion from planet to 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 ...

The big encounter with Pluto is over. The void is dead ahead. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is hurtling through the Kuiper Belt, a cold, dark realm of tiny, icy objects and the occasional dwarf ...

The big question we have is how much Pluto will deviate from its cable TV-like design that turns on a channel, and how much it will be like the above streaming services. Sign up to get the BEST of ...

The New Horizons probe, launched in 2006, will finally reach Pluto next Tuesday, providing the first close-up view of the tiny, icy world since we discovered it in 1930. We’re already seeing ...

It will be a very big deal when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft finally arrives at Pluto next July, after a nine-year, four-billion-mile-plus journey. Sure, the tiny, icy world was demoted from ...

A brand new era for Capricorns has finally begun. Pluto moves out of the zodiac today, making its way on to Aquarius. If you can't tell, it's a big deal 16 years. That's how long Pluto had ...