Pluto once held its place proudly as the ninth planet in our solar system,a distant, icy world on the edge of the cosmic frontier. But in 2006, everything changed. This in-depth explainer unpacks the ...

A new framework urges leaders to see the world as PLUTO: polarized, liquid, unilateral, tense and omnirelational, and to ...

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have detected a Pluto-like planet situated far beyond the known boundaries of the solar system. Identified as 2017 OF201, the icy celestial body may ...

These computer-generated maps of Pluto at different longitudes were made from the current best images of the planet, taken in 2002-2003 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The experimental director Jem Cohen’s latest is an uncategorizable film about astronomers and humanity and love and the stars ...

Mercury will make an opposition to Pluto retrograde, creating a push and pull between the need for bold self-expression and ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its status as the ninth planet in our Solar System.

Pluto has never been much of a planet — small, wired orbit, not much atmosphere — and questions about its status have been raised periodically since its discovery 76 years ago. This week, the ...

TIL Creatives Pluto-like planet discovered: How big is it and how far is it from Earth? In a significant breakthrough, astronomers have detected a Pluto-like planet situated far beyond the known ...

If it feels like you’ve gone from being self-protective to asserting yourself more loudly and proudly, or you’re swapping ...

The proliferation of TV shows about alien life forms (like Resident Alien, Alien: Earth, The View and presidential news ...