Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Aug. 24, 2024. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical ...

The new definition from the IAU states a planet much possess three criteria: 1) It needs to orbit a star, 2) Its size must result in enough gravity to form it into a spherical shape, and 3) Its size ...

On this day, August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) made a decision that was going to change the Solar System forever. Members of the IAU voted on a long-drawn proposal that ...

An astrologer explains how the power planet's move could destroy the world as we know it - Pluto is the power planet of ...

On August 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union had decided on the official definition of a word that before that day had seemed almost unambiguous. They decided that a planet must meet three ...

Images of Pluto captured by NASA's New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft performed a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July 2015, and the insights ...

Pluto may have been demoted to non-planet status, but it still commands a court of five moons, as is fitting for the king of ...

This post was updated April 2 at 8:41 p.m. April Fools’ Day or not, “Big Planet Energy” radiated throughout Bruin Plaza as a few dozen Pluto TV staff and community members celebrated the streaming ...

There’s a lunar pull to Pluto. Poor Pluto. Once a planet, demoted. And can you think of a time in your life when you felt brought down a notch or two? Well, no king lives forever, and no politician ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union declared that Pluto was no longer a full-fledged planet, demoting ...