With Pluto in Aquarius, the focus will be on democracy, technology, and social reform. Expect whistleblowers, reckonings, ...

The word “retrograde” has a way of inciting fear or at least a surge of anxiety, but the truth of the matter is that every planet takes its turn moving backward through the zodiac, bringing valuable ...

On Tuesday, November 19, 2024, death daddy Pluto will leave the patriarchal scaffolding of Capricorn and set up shop — or excavate the basement — in the professionally weird, utopian leaning space ...

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona in 1929. More than anything, he just wanted to get off the farm ...

In this except from "Space Camp," a special series from NPR science podcast Short Wave, host Regina Barber delves into Pluto's demotion from planet to dwarf planet. It's not exactly news to say that ...

The definition of a planet has been a hot topic ever since a change kicked Pluto out of our planetary lineup in 2006. Now, a group of researchers is proposing a new definition yet again—one with much ...

(Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated how far Pluto is from the sun. The correct number is 3.7 billion miles.) What was discovered in Flagstaff, Arizona, and killed off in Prague? If ...

The definition of a planet has been a hot topic ever since a change kicked Pluto out of our planetary lineup in 2006. Now, a group of researchers is proposing a new definition yet again—one with much ...

Mercury will square Pluto retrograde on Oct. 7, intensifying group dynamics and social exchanges that lack integrity.

On January 17, 2006 the New Horizons mission will launch for Pluto, the last unexplored planet of the solar system — or is it? Some scientists now claim that Pluto does not deserve its planetary ...

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 the ...