What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If you answered "Pluto's planethood," your grasp of the astronomical is excellent. Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the ...

Since Pluto remains in the sun’s orbit, it should be considered a planet due to the fact that it is still a part of the solar system. And since Pluto is still hanging on at the end of the system, it ...

Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was redefined in 2006 as a dwarf planet, a decision that still sparks ...

It would be understandable if you stopped thinking as much about Pluto after it was “demoted” from being considered one of the nine planets sharing the Earth’s solar system to being classified as a ...

The “demoted” dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon make an unusual pair, and for decades, scientists have been discussing how the binary system—in which each mutually orbits the other—came ...

Here's what to know about the brief tenure of our solar system's smallest planet.