On Sept. 24, Mars will square Pluto retrograde, triggering intensity and upheaval within community spaces. Discover what this ...

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 ...

Pluto is an icy dwarf planet that usually lies beyond the orbit of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt. The dwarf planet is smaller than Earth's Moon, with red snow-capped mountains as tall as the Rockies.

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Today’s vibes are anything but subtle. The Sun in Libra is trining Pluto in Aquarius, and the planet of transformation is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (WHNT) — Despite being “demoted” and renamed ...

Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear. On April 1, ...

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 ...