NASA’s most recent photos of Pluto, captured by the New Horizons spacecraft, have revealed some of the most intriguing and ...

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have ...

While astronomers continue to search for the mysterious "ninth planet”, a possible giant hidden in the extremities of the ...

The small world was found during a search for the hypothetical Planet Nine, and astronomers say the next time it will reach ...

The newly discovered object, named 2017 OF201, has a 25,000-year orbit and is believed to be a large contender for dwarf ...

There’s a new frozen oddball orbiting the Sun, and it’s not your average space rock. It’s a planet—a minor one, to be ...

William Shatner makes a planetary plea — Musk's response might surprise you On May 16, 2025, William Shatner took to X to express his thoughts on Pluto’s classification. In a playful tone ...

William Shatner took to X to express his thoughts on Pluto’s classification. In a playful tone, he suggested that Elon Musk should persuade the President to sign an executive order reinstating ...

The International Astronomical Union, which reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006, is the arbiter of such classifications. Andrea has written about NASA and the commercial space sector ...

Pluto was a victim of its location ... dozens of different kinds of beetles," van Belle said. "Why not several classifications of planets?" For those who insist the Big 8 belong in a class ...

Pluto, with its heart-shaped glacier, as captured by the New Horizons spacecraftJPL/NASA Pluto will mark a birthday of sorts on March 23, 2178. No one is likely to be there to celebrate it, of ...