He had argued that Pluto and similar bodies didn’t deserve planet status, saying that would “take the magic out of the solar system.” “UB313 is the largest dwarf planet. That’s kind of ...

Pluto was stripped of its planetary status yesterday in a controversial decision made by the International Astronomical Union that has raised mixed reactions among the UA scientific community.

Nearly 2,500 astronomers from 75 countries were working Monday on a universal definition for what qualifies as a planet, and whether Pluto should keep its status. For decades, most have defined ...

Astronomers ridicule panel's suggestion to add three small planets; consensus seems to be to demote Pluto instead.

It turns out that astronomers aren't the only ones who care about Pluto's planetary status. Astrologers are paying attention, too. When your view of the future depends on how you read the skies ...

Pluto and the more distant dwarf planets fail to meet this criterion. If Pluto were to keep its planetary status, those dwarf planets would also need to be classified planets.

— New Horizons scientist still rallying for planetary status November 13, 2015 More than 9 years ago A new false color image of Pluto designed to show the subtle variations of its surface.

In August 2006, Pluto lost its status as the solar system’s ninth planet when the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reclassified it as a “dwarf planet.” ...

The downgrading of Pluto to a new status called dwarf planet was decided by a vote of less than 400 of the International Astronomical Union's 10,000 members at a meeting in Prague.

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 ...

Yet Pluto’s official planetary status was snatched away. Ceres and Pluto are both spheroidal objects, like Mercury, Earth, Jupiter and Saturn. That’s part of the agreed upon definition of a ...