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 ...
Frankly, we don’t keep up much with Pluto and its status as a planet or non-planet. It’s kind of like when, as a young altar boy, the Catholic Church demoted a bunch of saints. We just rolled with the ...
Apocalyptic core is trending on TikTok, and maybe you’ve even heard it echoed in the mutterings of your gran or the postman. Those sighs about how the world just isn’t what it used to be. They’re not ...
Earth has a newly-discovered neighbor in the solar system. But the heavenly body – possibly a dwarf planet à la Pluto – isn't a frequent visitor. Located beyond Neptune, its extreme orbit ...
Pluto may be a “dwarf” planet, but it is still a planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union, responding to the discovery of several Pluto-like objects in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune, ...