Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear. On April 1, ...

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Pluto sits far out in the Solar System, small and dim, moving at a pace that barely fits human timelines. It was found in ...

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Instead, Pluto is now officially classified as a dwarf planet along with four other confirmed ...

What’s in a name? For Pluto TV, it’s everything. Next Monday, April 1, the free streaming service from Paramount, will be staging a rally to push for its namesake’s planetary status to be restored on ...

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Arizona has declared Pluto its “official state planet” — despite it being relegated to “dwarf planet” status nearly two decades ago. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation on Friday and afterward dodged ...

Eighteen years ago today, Pluto lost its planetary status in a vote by International Astronomical Union (IAU) members on the final day of their 2006 general assembly meeting. The word "planet" comes ...

WASHINGTON -- "Our sidewalk dodged a bullet," said Harvey Leifert, spokesman for the American Geophysical Union, offering his take on the great solar system shake-up of 2006. When the Washington-based ...

The debate over whether Pluto should be a planet has apparently been on the mind of the top man at NASA. NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine recently gave his thoughts on Pluto losing its planet status ...

Pluto has never been much of a planet — small, wired orbit, not much atmosphere — and questions about its status have been raised periodically since its discovery 76 years ago. This week, the ...