According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

If you have kids in school, or even if you don’t, you’ve probably realized that there’s a lot about the day-to-day of school ...

February 8th has witnessed a multitude of significant events throughout history, spanning various categories such as science, ...

Executive order mandates changes on US maps. But will other countries follow suit? Learn more about this renaming.

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Pluto, our planet of profound change and ultimate reckoning, has set up shop in Aquarius, and the energy of the dwarf daddy of death’s transit will have a weighty effect on all of us.

And its relationship to Pluto — a world demoted since 2006 from the solar system’s ninth planet to a lowly dwarf planet, in large part due to the discovery of Eris — remains contentious today.

Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago. When you purchase through links on our site ...

The "Star Trek" legend's only son will discuss his memoir at the annual space-themed event.