Pluto's classification change remains controversial, with critics challenging the voting process and planetary enthusiasts ...

Elon Musk, under the username "Kekius Maximus," has joined William Shatner in advocating for Pluto's reclassification as a planet. Shatner playfully suggested Musk persuade the President via executive ...

Fifteen years ago, Pluto was kicked out of the planet club ... The debate over classifying solar system objects reminds me of another classification challenge: categorizing the diversity of ...

More than 10 years ago, astronomers famously voted to change Pluto’s classification. But the question still comes up. When I am asked directly if I think Pluto is a planet, I tell everyone my ...

The change was decided by a committee of the International Astronomical Union, which in 2006 took the controversial decision to demote Pluto from ... the new Plutoid classification at a meeting ...

After 76 years of classification as a planet, Pluto was demoted in 2006 to a dwarf ... which would mean that its surface features would change with temperature as it travels closer to and farther ...