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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 ...

Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. Many Americans grew up with this as the definitive planetary lineup and created clever mnemonic devices to memorize them in ...

From the time of its discovery in 1930 until 1992, Pluto was a happy, full-fledged planet. A little odd maybe with its tipped, eccentric orbit and tiny size, but the ninth planet just the same. That ...

Will Pluto have the last laugh? A group of NASA scientists hopes so. A group of members of the New Horizons mission to Pluto are making the case to redefine what constitutes as a planet to be more ...

Hey, remember Pluto? Of course you do! When most of us were brought up in school we learned that there were nine known planets in the Solar System, and Pluto was the one that hung out on the outskirts ...

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“Pluto, whether it’s a planet or not, is always going to be welcome at Griffith Observatory,” he said. In fact, Pluto has proved over the seven decades since its discovery to be one of the most ...

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