Elon Musk, under the username "Kekius Maximus," has joined William Shatner in advocating for Pluto's reclassification as a ...

It’s been 18 years since Pluto’s celestial status was called ... (This is what a debate among astronomers talking about the term ‘dwarf planets’ was like.) Philip Metzger: We would say ...

changing its status from a planet to a dwarf planet — a relegation that was largely seen as a demotion and which continues to have reverberations to this day. Today, the debate about Pluto ...

In a surprising twist that seems to transcend the usual boundaries of political discourse, legendary actor William Shatner has thrown his support behind former President Donald Trump over a cosmic ...

This sparked debate about Pluto's status in the planetary canon, which came to a head at a 2006 meeting in Prague. That year, the IAU tasked a small committee with creating a working definition of ...

In a 2014 debate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center ... astronomers voted to “demote” Pluto to dwarf planet status. These were astronomers at the meeting, not planetary scientists — a ...

Despite the change, Pluto remains a beloved celestial body, and some astronomers still debate whether it should regain its planetary status. Yes. Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto on Feb. 18 ...