The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory ...

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and sometimes ...

February 18th has been a significant date throughout history, marking a variety of events that have shaped the world. In a ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...

Tombaugh's photos that led to the discovery of Planet X. Pluto never really fit in with the other planets in the solar system. Its orbit was out of plane with the other planets. From 1979 to 1999 ...

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

Take advantage of a special 6-7 planet alignment from Earth's perspective. Planets 'line up' in the skies over California in ...

Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.