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Forbidden planet: was Pluto’s 2006 demotion a big mistake?

Since it was stripped of planetary status, Pluto’s defenders have been fighting the decision – and they’re only getting more passionate

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Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity

Unpopular opinion time, Pluto being reclassified as a dwarf planet was a great thing for our understanding of the solar system and for the former planet, too.

It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?

It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?

The reclassification of Pluto as a dwarf planet continues to stir up a hornet's nest of controversy and debate, as Space.com meets one astronomer who believes the decision to have been a mistake.

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Pluto and the Love, Hate, Longing: What Our Relationship With a Demoted Planet Says About Us

We Gave It a Name, So It Became OursPluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, a 24-year-old farm boy from Kansas working at the Lowell Observatory. An 11-year-old British girl named Venetia Burney suggested the name. Her grandfather passed it along. The International Astronomical Union accepted it. And just…

James Webb telescope spots potential conditions for life on 2 dwarf planets beyond Neptune

Data collected by the James Webb Space Telescope shows that, like Pluto, the dwarf planets Eris and Makemake could be geologically active, which changes what we know about their chances of harboring life.

Scientists say 2 solar system dwarf planets may harbor underground oceans

Methane detected near dwarf planets Eris and Makemake could have come from within their interiors, produced by geochemical reactions amid hot rock.

Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy

Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris has a rocky core blanketed by an icy shell, which appears to be flexing slowly.

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Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris

Scientists discern internal structure of mysterious dwarf planet Eris

Dwarf planet Eris, similar in size to its better-known cosmic cousin Pluto, has remained an enigma since being discovered in 2005 lurking in the solar system’s far reaches

COVID subvariant EG.5 and its spawn 'Eris' now dominant in the US

COVID subvariant EG.5 and its spawn 'Eris' now dominant in the US

An omicron subvariant called EG.5 has become the most prevalent version of SARS-CoV-2 in the U.S. by a narrow margin, according to CDC estimates.

Curious Kids: Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet?

Curious Kids: Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet?

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What is a dwarf planet?

What is a dwarf planet?

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