In August 2006, the International Astronomical Union made the controversial, but correct, decision to demote Pluto from its ...

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Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Discover the real reason behind Pluto’s reclassification as a dwarf planet and the science that led to this change.

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't achieved gravitational dominance in its region, the International Astronomical ...

"It's half Pluto's size and 12% of its mass, which makes it much more similar to the Earth's moon than any other moon in the solar system." For comparison, our moon is just a quarter of the size ...

Dwarf planet Pluto and our Earth are the only two worlds in our solar system with very large moons. These may have come about by a "kiss and capture" process, which preserves a moon's large size.

Burrowing under soil opens up a whole new world, especially when that soil is on other planets. Getting under the top layer ...

Just as Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars move through the signs of the zodiac as they orbit, so do the outer planets.

Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

A new, detailed probe of Earth's heart reveals that the rotating inner core doesn't just change in rotation speed – it also ...