While some people obsess over Roswell and the moon landing, I'm convinced Pluto (the dog, not the planet) is fully capable of standing on two legs and maybe even talking. FX Productions / Walt ...

One Pluto year equals 248 Earth years. At 1473 miles in diameter—about half the width of the United States—Pluto is the ...

After its discovery in 1930, Pluto was declared the ninth planet in our solar system and ... icy rock has long been associated with Mickey Mouse’s pet dog (which was originally named Rover ...

Poor Pluto. Poor misunderstood, maligned, underrated, way-out-there Pluto. Poor eccentric little rubber ball. Is it a planet? A comet? An asteroid? Fifty-seven years old and no one—not even its ...

Classrooms started teaching the nine-planet model. Disney renamed Mickey's pet dog Pluto. But 76 years later, it all came crashing down. KEVIN SCHINDLER: The controversy, I think, has been great ...

Disney named a cartoon dog after the new planet, and for 76 years the solar system was a happy place. And then, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) reconsidered Pluto’s status.

The major planet roster has changed over the years, but Pluto is still beloved by the science community and regularly makes headlines. In July 2022, the National Aeronautics and Space ...

Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for over 75 years, orbiting at the chilly fringes of our solar neighborhood. But then scientists at the International Astronomical Union decided ...