A mission to Pluto that has been canceled twice and was not funded in this year’s NASA budget appears to be set for liftoff again after a House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees NASA funding ...

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has publicly backed restoring Pluto’s status as a planet, telling a Senate panel he is preparing to escalate the debate within the scientific community. His remarks ...

Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary status until 2006, when it got a cosmic demotion that still stings space fans. Discovered in 1930, Pluto was the ninth planet for ...

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Pluto’s back, baby! Seventeen years after it was demoted from planet to dwarf planet, it is time for Pluto to retake its former title…at least according to our hosts, Chelsea Whyte and Leah Crane. In ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

WASHINGTON – Tucson scientist David Grinspoon joined a panel recently talking about NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto – but the scientists were most animated when talking about the feud over the ...