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To celebrate the 91st anniversary of Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto on February 18. 1930, Arizona’s Lowell Observatory is holding a week-long I Heart Pluto festival from February 13 to...

The discovery of ‘Oumuamua in 2017 ignited a firestorm of debate that continues today. From the shape of its orbit, astronomers knew it was the first known interstellar object to...

PLUTO was classed as a planet for three quarters of a century before it was famously stripped of the title in 2006. But who discovered the icy world, and how...

The smallest and most-distant planet in our solar system is tiny, icy Pluto. It is even smaller than our moon, and it wasn’t discovered until 1930 — the only planet...

SCIENTISTS may be closer than ever to discovering alien life in our own solar system after finding what they believe is a huge OCEAN of liquid water under the surface...

There may be a dispute in the scientific community about whether Pluto deserves to be a planet, but researchers have found evidence that the dwarf planet may have had an...

At its heart, Pluto may be a gigantic comet. Researchers have come up with a new theory about the dwarf planet’s origins after taking a close look at Sputnik Planitia,...

2006, sparking a scientific spat that raises basic questions about how we understand the universe Ninth rock from the sun: when Pluto lost its official status as a planet, it...

Scientists think a planet larger than Earth lurks in the far reaches of the solar system. Now a new telescope could confirm their belief and change solar system science You’d...

Huge slushy ocean of life-giving water could signal alien life in our solar system SCIENTISTS may be closer than ever to discovering alien life in our own solar system after...