Rosetta traveled hither and yon across the inner solar system for 10 years to finally reach its target comet. NASA's New Horizons probe, bound for Pluto, will take nearly as long. Launched in 2006, it ...

NASA's New Horizons probe is less than a year away from its Pluto flyby, but astronomers are still trying to nail down exactly where the dwarf planet's at. ALMA radio telescope image showing the icy ...

Walt Disney’s Pluto’s Sweater is a classic 1949 animated short featuring the iconic character. In this movie, Pluto struggles to take off the sweater that Minnie Mouse had knitted for him, which leads ...

Pluto’s Surprise Package is a 1949 classic animated short by Disney. In the film, Pluto stumbles across a tortoise while he struggles to bring Mickey Mouse’s mail to his house. The endearing dynamic ...

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The observatory where Pluto was discovered is taking full advantage of a flyby of the icy dwarf planet Tuesday with astronomy-themed face painting, an extra Pluto presentation ...

Pluto was discovered 95 years ago on Feb. 18, and even though it was demoted nearly two decades ago, it remains a fascinating part of our solar system. "Pluto is a complex and mysterious world with ...

Some of us remember August 24, 2006, like it was yesterday. It was the day Pluto got booted from the exclusive “planets club.” I (Sara) was 11 years old, and my entire class began lunch break by ...

The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Pluto, discovered in 1930, was once considered the ninth planet in our solar system. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it doesn't meet all the ...