NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s ...

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No more pussyfooting around. It's official: Pluto has 14 new place names. Most we suspected would be there, but a few are new. Pluto's "heart" now bears the name of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, ...

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune—the complete list of planets in our Solar System. And no, that list is not missing Pluto. As much as many of us empathize with and care ...

The planet of death is entering its five month retrograde cycle. photogeek - stock.adobe.com Gather round — we’re talking death and renewal and the backspin of the petite but potent planet Pluto, ...

Today, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) officially defined the word “planet” and, in doing so, redefined our solar system by downgrading Pluto’s status from “planet” to “dwarf planet”. In ...

Arizona has a new state emblem — and it's one that has been a source of controversy among scientists for years. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill on Friday designating Pluto — once considered the ninth ...