Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...
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Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years laterThe controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.
Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...
Blurry Hubble imageshave revealed both extremely dark and extremely bright patches on Pluto, and some scientists suspect that smears of organic compounds are painting parts of the dwarf planet dark.
They did, and the discovery of Planet X was announced on March 13, 1930. An 11-year-old English schoolgirl, Venetia Burney, suggested the name Pluto, the god of the underworld. Tombaugh’s ...
When Pluto and Charon hit ... The theory goes that a Mars-sized planet whacked a primitive version of Earth like a paint ball, casting off a mixture of planetary guts. Rather than forming a ...
Planitia structure on its surface. Ever since NASA's New Horizons sent back the first-ever photos of Pluto in 2015, the dwarf planet's mysterious heart-shaped region has puzzled scientists.
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