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On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore.

Pluto has a heart. Scientists discovered that its bleeding.

NASA's New Horizons mission reveals evidence that liquid nitrogen may be seeping out of Pluto’s giant heart-shaped glacier.

Dus in 2006 was het byebye Pluto, zoek het verder maar uit

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Pluto's atmosphere is collapsing as it drifts away from the sun into a deep freeze

As Pluto edges further away from the sun, the chilly temperatures are causing its atmosphere to condense onto its barren surface as frost.

Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth

Evidence for landslides down steep crater walls on Pluto have been found in imagery from NASA's New Horizons mission.

Pluto's hazy atmosphere may be collapsing as it moves farther from the sun

Pluto is on an icy march away from the sun. In 2114, it will turn back, but until then, its elliptical orbit will carry it to colder and darker parts of the outer solar system. Thi...

Scientists Watch as a Distant World's Atmosphere Shrinks and Thins

As dwarf planet Pluto moves along in its distant, high-obliquity 248-year orbit, its atmosphere is changing. That's because it's beginning to travel through colder, darker parts of...

It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?

The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet continues to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy and debate, as Space.com meets one astronomer who believes the decision to have...

Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet, too.

Pluto’s Famous Glacial Heart Has Been Secretly Leaking Liquid Nitrogen

“Pluto never stops surprising us.”

It’s Been 20 Years Since Astronomers Decided Pluto Isn’t a Planet

Pluto lost its planethood for a very specific reason. Whether or not that’s a good reason depends on who you ask.

Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving

Something's wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists have found a good explanation for it. A recent study of...

Why do we care so much that Pluto isn't a planet?

Twenty years after Pluto became a dwarf planet, people are still fighting over its status. Experts explain why the debate feels so personal.

The Solar System Nearly Had 12 Planets Before Pluto Was Demoted

Learn how Pluto nearly kept its planet status in a proposed 12-planet Solar System as its demotion marks its 20th anniversary.

Sorry, Pluto’s still not a planet

On the 20th anniversary of Pluto’s infamous demotion, Mike “Pluto Killer” Brown explains why any reversal of that decision would be driven more by nostalgia than science

Pluto’s Atmosphere May Finally Be Starting to Collapse

For the first time since its discovery in 1920, Pluto is entering the outer solar system—a journey that’s slowly thinning out its atmosphere.

Pluto Finance targets Europe as flagship fund tops £500m

Real estate credit firm Pluto Finance has surpassed £500m of commitments for its flagship lending fund as the strategy expands into continental Europe. Lending Vehicle VIII is an e...

Liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed across Pluto's heart-shaped glacier

A new study led by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) provides evidence that liquid nitrogen is rising to Pluto's surface through cracks at the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia,...