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For that's the day my father, Clyde Tombaugh, a farmboy-turned-astronomer, discovered Pluto, becoming the first American to find a planet. (Or a dwarf planet, as it's now officially known.) ...
Pluto, our petite power planet of primordial urges, transformation through trauma, ID energy and the subconscious mind, is ...
A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...
Ouch. Now officially labeled a “dwarf planet,” Pluto may have lost its title, but not our affection. After all, who doesn’t love a comeback story waiting to happen? To find out how Pluto ...
Named after the Goddess of strife and discord, Eris was estimated, at the time, to be larger than Pluto ... a new class of dwarf planets and made a lot of people angry. Still, kids in school ...
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 ...
For one reason or another, some people are still upset about Pluto's demotion from planet to dwarf planet. This demotion, by the way, occurred all the way back in 2006. So, what does famed ...
But then scientists at the International Astronomical Union decided Pluto didn’t quite make the cut, it lacked the gravitational muscle to clear its orbit. Ouch. Now officially labeled a “dwarf planet ...