The celestial body’s status as the solar system's ninth planet was withdrawn in 2006. Now some experts say we might want to ...

NASA administrator Jared Isaacman is necroposting about an age-old debate in astronomy that was considered officially settled ...

The NASA administrator’s latest remarks in support of reexamining Pluto’s status come 20 years after the orb was downgraded ...

Back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) shocked the world by denying Pluto its planetary status.

In her letter, Kaela laid out a surprisingly detailed argument in support of Pluto's return to planetary status.

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, but new discoveries and fresh debate are reigniting calls to restore its ...

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Nasa chief Jared Isaacman wants to restore Pluto to its former glory. On Tuesday (April 28), the US space agency chief said ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have observed a white dwarf - a highly compact stellar ember - that appears to have gobbled up an icy world akin to the dwarf planet ...

Our solar system is much like a trail of microcosmic breadcrumbs: Follow the molecular bits as far back as they go, and you'll learn a thing or two about where many of our planets and other celestial ...