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 ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest approach of that distant world in July 2015. Sailing onward, the probe carried out ...

Pluto, with its heart-shaped glacier, as captured by the New Horizons spacecraft Credit - JPL/NASA But Pluto has in many ways only grown in astronomers’ estimations. It is now known to be part ...

Pluto was discovered at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1930 and was considered our ninth planet until 2006. The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet ...

Prince William met Kate Middleton when they were both students at the University of St Andrews and the pair began dating in 2003. The couple announced their engagement in November 2010 and were ...

Pluto was discovered 95 years ago on Feb ... College's campus features a 30-foot dome and a Spitz A-3-P star projector. James C. Veen Observatory in Grand Rapids allows use of its telescope ...

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In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its status as the ninth planet in our Solar System. From that day forward ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe. Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his ...

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This high-resolution image captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images to show a bright expanse on Pluto known ... Telescope, the James Webb Space Telescope ...

In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its status ... The Popular Astronomy Club meets the second Monday of the ...