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The Story of How Pluto Was Discovered 95 Years Ago
Everyone's favorite dwarf planet, Pluto, was discovered just 95 years ago. Here's the story of how the once-ninth planet was ...
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8 Amazing Facts About the Dwarf Planet Pluto
For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...
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About Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet status
Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...
How Arizona put Pluto on the map 95 years ago today
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.
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How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets
A surprising chemical difference between Pluto and Sedna, another dwarf planet in the distant Kuiper Belt, is helping scientists nail down their respective masses, a new study reports.
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Is Pluto A Planet? It’s A Double-Act, Scientists Say
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.
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Missed the celestial planetary parade in February? You have another chance in summer
That's not just because it's too far away. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAS) reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet. That decision came several years after discovering the Kuiper ...
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Pluto’s demotion to dwarf planet status
Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...