The relative quantities of volatile gases like methane and ethane can reveal key details about distant Kuiper Belt objects.
Why was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet? One might think that it’s purely a matter of size. Mercury, the smallest of the ...
Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary ...
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that a large celestial object is a planet only if its gravitational orbit around the sun makes it round and if it’s big enough to ...
What do Uranus, Pluto, and an awe-inspiring celestial event have in common? They all converge on the iconic date of March 13.