#pluto


what is a planet anyway? astronomers campaign to avenge pluto

A group of scientists want Pluto to be considered a planet again, even if hundreds of other objects earn the same rank.
what is a planet anyway? astronomers campaign to avenge pluto

under the hazy blue skies of… pluto?

According to pictures from New Horizon, in the darkest, deepest reaches of our solar system, you could stand on the summit of a mountain covered by exotic ices and look up at hazy blue skies.
under the hazy blue skies of… pluto?

what our trip to pluto can teach us about ourselves

New Horizons' flyby of Pluto let us see a brand new world that doesn't fit in our conventional categories, and reminded us that at our heart, we're explorers, not drones.
what our trip to pluto can teach us about ourselves

hey, what's a world like you doing in a solar system like this?

The debate over whether Pluto is a planet, much less what constitutes a planet, is still raging in the scientific community.
hey, what's a world like you doing in a solar system like this?

ode to the mysterious not-quite-planet

Pluto may be a dwarf planet whose official status is in flux. But that doesn't mean it's not a very special place...
ode to the mysterious not-quite-planet

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when nature isn't neat and tidy

It's actually a good thing there's a debate about whether to classify Pluto as a planet or something else.
when nature isn't neat and tidy