Not fulfilling the second criteria, Pluto went from being the ninth planet in our solar system to one of five dwarf planets, with the IAU stating that Pluto is "an important proto-type of a new ...

When the International Astronomical Union (IAU) demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006, it surprised a lot of people, including some scientists. Even many years later, some ...

The RTL-SDR dongles get most of the love from people interested in software-defined radio, but the Pluto is also a great option, too. [FromConceptToCircuit] shares code to turn one of these radios ...

Pluto isn't alone—it's part of the Kuiper Belt with possibly hundreds of other planet-sized objects. Because Pluto hasn't ...

Although Seeing in the Dark doesn't directly discuss Pluto, it does celebrate the joy of observing planets. Viewers who watch the show may wonder what happened to Pluto in 2006 and whether any of ...

If you stood on Pluto's surface, the Sun would merely appear to be a very bright star. Although previous images showed that something was happening on Pluto, with an average temperature of -240C ...

And if you are still a Pluto-is-a-planet holdout, like we were, [Michael]’s argument that counting all the Trans-Neptunian Objects would lead to madness is pretty convincing. It sure would make ...

There's also the Clarke and Kubrick mountains named for the author (Arthur C. Clarke) and director (Stanley Kubrick) of "2001: A Space Odyssey." There's also Alice for "Alice in Wonderland," Argo ...