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Is Pluto a Real Planet?

Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was ...
What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If you answered "Pluto's planethood," your grasp of the astronomical is excellent. Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the ...
Disney is marking 95 years of Mickey's best friend Pluto with vintage-style clothing, now available at Disneyland Resort.
Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006, when it got a cosmic demotion that still stings space fans. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for ...
Rather than a vast ocean, Pluto’s heart might be hiding a huge, heavy treasure. Computer simulations suggest that an object about 730 kilometers wide, slightly larger than the asteroid Vesta, could ...
When 1I/'Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined that it came from outside the solar system. But ...
(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated how far Pluto is from the sun. The correct number is 3.7 billion miles.) What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If ...