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

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory ...

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 ...

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 will mark a birthday of sorts on March 23, 2178. No one is likely to be there to celebrate it, of course. Even if ...

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

On today’s date 95 years ago, everyone’s favorite not-quite-a-planet, Pluto, was discovered by astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Cold, dark and distant, it was named after the Roman god of the underworld.