Pluto
Naming Pluto (Review)
[/caption]Naming Pluto explores the chain of events that lead to Pluto's naming and in 2007 sees Venetia Phair viewing Pluto…
Plutoid Eris is Changing… But We Don’t Know Why
[/caption]Eris, the largest dwarf planet beyond Neptune, is currently at its furthest point in its orbit from the Sun (an…
Charon Imaged by Amateur Astronomers
[/caption] This past summer, a group of seven amateur astronomers from Italy worked on an observation campaign of Pluto, with…
Pluto Spacecraft Gets Brain Transplant
[/caption] Still seven years away from its rendezvous with Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft was awoken from hibernation for the…
Tyson and Sykes Duke Out the Great Planet Debate; Flatow Almost Flattened
A debate today between astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson and planetary scientist Mark Sykes, moderated by NPR's Ira Flatow, addressed the…
The Pluto Revolt: Leading Astronomers Want the Plutoid to be Reinstated as a Planet
[/caption] If you thought Pluto was going quietly and giving up its planetary status without a fight, think again. Leading…
2012: Planet X is not Nibiru
The Solar System's outer reaches still contain many minor planets yet to be discovered. Ever since the search for Planet…
Pluto’s Moons, Nix and Hydra, may have been Adopted
How many moons does Pluto have? The mini-moons of Pluto, Nix and Hydra, were discovered in 2005 (but named…
Podcast: Pluto and the Icy Outer Solar System
It's been a long journey, 64 episodes, but now we're back where we began: Pluto. Last time we talked about…
Pluto’s Moon Charon has Geysers Too
It's only been a few months since the discovery of ice geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus, and now this dynamic…