Because Pluto is so dim, you need a telescope to see it. “A backyard telescope could do it under the right conditions,” says ...

For reference, Pluto’s average distance from the Sun is about 40 AU, so 2023 KQ14 is quite distant. At 23.4 billion miles (37 ...

When did Pluto stop being a planet, and why? Pluto was always in a tough spot when it came to being a planet. Just 1,477 miles across, it's only one-fifth the diameter of Earth.

Netflix’s Pluto just released a brand-new trailer and poster ahead of its October launch. By Megan Peters. October 3, 2023, 10:25am.

In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One year on the distant ice planet is 248 Earth years, and one day is 153 ...

But why isn't Pluto considered a planet anymore? It starts with the definition of a planet — or lack thereof. Before 2006, there weren't strict criteria for a planet.

Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t. Discovered in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona , Pluto was hailed as the ninth planet in our solar system.

Pluto's classification changed from planet to dwarf planet in 2006. This reclassification helps scientists better organize and understand solar system objects. The decision was controversial, with ...

Yet, something was odd about Pluto. While Planet X was estimated to be about six times more massive than Earth, Pluto’s mass is only 20% that of the Moon, itself 1% of the Earth’s mass.

When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists.