The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Cold, dark and ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

On February 18, 1930, the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Before he discovered Pluto, another astronomer named Percival Lowell had spent over a decade trying to find it. He had ...

February 18th has been a significant date throughout history, marking a variety of events that have shaped the world. In a ...

An annual event over recent years, the I Heart Pluto Festival in Flagstaff, Arizona, celebrates the history, heritage, and ...