The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. Cold, dark and distant, it was n ...

On February 18, 1930, the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Before he discovered Pluto, another astronomer named Percival Lowell had spent over a decade trying to find it. He had ...

“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...

February 18th has been a significant date throughout history, marking a variety of events that have shaped the world. In a ...

The annual event celebrates the discovery of the little planet with a big heart and other scientific advances at Flagstaff, ...

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1929. More than anything, he just wanted to get off the ...