On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, ...

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

Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

On February 18, 2007, the Samjhauta Express train carrying hundreds of Indians and Pakistanis across the border was bombed by ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

An amateur astronomer discovered Pluto 95 years ago today. The former planet will complete an orbit in another 153 years.

The discovery of Pluto is credited to Clyde Tombaugh, then just 24 years old, an amateur with no formal education in astronomy whose dogged determination earned him a place in the history of science.

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

Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and sometimes ...