The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

On February 18, 1930, the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto! Before he discovered Pluto, another astronomer named Percival Lowell had spent over a decade trying to find it. He had ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

Pluto is probably best known for being a demoted planet. In 2006, the International Astronomical Union stripped it of its ...