Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity
Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet, too.

Why do we care so much that Pluto isn’t a planet?
Why do we care so much that Pluto isn’t a planet?

Twenty years after Pluto became a dwarf planet, people are still fighting over its status. Experts explain why the debate feels so personal.

On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status
On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status

On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) decided that Pluto wasn’t a planet anymore.

It’s been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?
It’s been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?

The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet continues to stir up a hornet’s nest of controversy and debate, as Space.com meets one astronomer who believes the decision to have been a mistake.

Pluto’s atmosphere is collapsing as it drifts away from the sun into a deep freeze
Pluto’s atmosphere is collapsing as it drifts away from the sun into a deep freeze

As Pluto edges further away from the sun, the chilly temperatures are causing its atmosphere to condense onto its barren surface as frost.

Astronomers discover landslides on Pluto large enough to bury entire cities on Earth

Evidence for landslides down steep crater walls on Pluto have been found in imagery from NASA’s New Horizons mission.

NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he’s fighting for Pluto: ‘I am very much in the camp of ‘make Pluto a planet again’

Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to “revisit the discussion” on Pluto’s planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.