Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear.

Almost 20 years after Pluto was infamously downgraded from its status as a planet, scientists now believe they have discovered a new planet in our solar system.

Today, Feb. 18 is Pluto Day. You may ask yourself why Pluto has its own day since it is no longer considered a planet of our solar system. Well, according to a new survey, sixty-six percent of ...

Pluto has never been much of a planet — small, wired orbit, not much atmosphere — and questions about its status have been raised periodically since its discovery 76 years ago. This week ...

song, Interplanet Janet. Upon the discovery of its existence in 1930, Pluto enjoyed decades of special status as one of the solar system's planets. Then, in the summer of 2006, Pluto was demoted.

With Pluto's "demotion" to dwarf planet status, it’s understandable that the IAU faced criticism from the public for ...

Arizona has declared Pluto its “official state planet” — despite it being relegated to “dwarf planet” status nearly two decades ago. Gov. Katie Hobbs signed legislation on Friday and ...

Do you remember the big news about Pluto in 2006? No no no, not that Pluto, this Pluto the planet, or should I say, the dwarf planet on august 24th 2006. The ninth planet from the sun was ...

After other similar objects were found far away, Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Photo Credit: NASA Pluto is small- about 1,400 miles wide- and very cold, too cold for life.

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to strictly define a planet, which ultimately downgraded Pluto from the ninth planet from the sun to a dwarf planet — causing ...