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Why does Pluto have such a weird orbit?

Pluto is a bit of a loner. The dwarf planet is no longer considered a regular planet; it does not orbit on the same plane as ...

In another star system, a Pluto-like world survived until the bitter end

Normally when a medium-size star dies, it blasts away the bulk of material in its system. The Hubble discovery was surprising ...
Science Daily

White dwarf caught devouring a frozen Pluto-like world

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf ...

NASA’s Hubble Telescope spots white dwarf consuming Pluto-like feature

NASA says its Hubble Space Telescope has detected a white dwarf star that consumed fragments of a Pluto-like object. Space ...
Space.com

New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly

In Roman mythology, Pluto is the god and ruler of the dead. For a return mission to the dwarf planet, Howett and her colleagues opted for the name Persephone, after Pluto's wife and "queen of the ...

Pluto TV to Stream Full Seasons of ‘Matlock,’ ‘Ghosts’ and More as Part of On-Demand Streaming Partnership With CBS (EXCLUSIVE)

Pluto TV is teaming up with CBS to launch what it deems its largest-ever full-season promotional preview campaign. Starting ...

A dwarf planet far beyond Pluto might have a paper-thin atmosphere

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...
Forbes

16 Years Ago Today Pluto Stopped Being A Planet. Nine Years Later It Become A World

Poor Pluto. On August 24, 2006 at the International Astronomy Union (IAU) General Assembly the ninth planet was scrubbed only 76 years after its discovery. Even weirder is that it actually got voted ...