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

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 ...

Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006 ... Despite ongoing debate and public support for its reinstatement, the International Astronomical Union ...

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 ...