Pluto is so far away from Earth that everything we know about it can be written down on a couple of 3 x 5 inch index cards. But Pluto will come into clearer focus in a few years' time, though, as NASA ...

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Named for the maiden snatching, shadow dwelling god of the underworld, small but mighty planet Pluto moves into Aquarius for the first time in two and a half centuries on March 23, 2023. Petit but ...

A team of scientists wants Pluto classified as a planet again — along with dozens of similar bodies in the solar system and any found around distant stars. The call goes against a controversial ...

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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 ...