Researchers believe that 2017 OF201’s highly eccentric orbit points to a chaotic origin, possibly caused by a gravitational ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system.

Pluto was eventually discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh ... More like Pluto, in some ways, than Pluto is like the other planets. Finding all these new objects, it became necessary for ...

Pluto came into the lexicon in 1930 when astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered it when ... Pluto is classified as a dwarf planet rather than a major planet like its formerly assumed siblings.

Pluto was discovered in Flagstaff ... of other objects” like asteroids and other space rocks over time like other planets due to its low gravitational pull, according to the IAU.

Upon the discovery of its existence in 1930, Pluto enjoyed ... Just like there are binary stars, Lyra says Earth and its moon would newly be considered a binary planet system.

All other planets were first cataloged in Europe. The astonishing discovery ignited ... SCHINDLER: Like, Uranus and Neptune, nobody cares about them. But Pluto, boy, don't take our planet away.

They did, and the discovery of Planet X was announced on March ... with nitrogen and methane in the atmosphere. 5 - Pluto has an ionized tail like a comet — probably from nitrogen from its ...

Pluto, discovered in 1930 ... inch telescope — could work depending on light pollution. The planet appears as a small, star-like point. Pluto is best viewed in late July, but can be observed ...