Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size to Pluto. So, during the summer of 2006, members of the International ...

If you woke up Thursday morning and sensed something was different about the world around you, you’re absolutely right. Pluto is no longer a planet. The International Astronomical Union, wrapping up ...

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Eighteen years ago today, Pluto lost its planetary status in a vote by International Astronomical Union (IAU) members on the final day of their 2006 general assembly meeting. The word "planet" comes ...

Welcome to the realm of Pluto. In astrology, this planet symbolizes cycles of death and rebirth and the realm of the underworld. It casts a psychological and soulful darkness that intensifies ...

The once-asteroid-now-dwarf-planet Ceres is on the move across the bottom of the familiar "Teapot" asterism in Sagittarius the Archer. I marked its location in yellow every five nights from July 7 ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...

This story is part of Short Wave's series Space Camp about all the weird, wonderful things happening in the universe. Check out the rest of the series. If you were born in the last century you might ...