NASA chief Jared Isaacman said at a US Senate hearing that he supports restoring Pluto's status as a planet after a ...

Two decades ago, the International Astronomical Union—which defines and names celestial bodies—redefined the criteria for ...

Almost 20 years after the debate appeared to be settled, Pluto is back in the spotlight. View on euronews ...

Astronomers have detected the chemical fingerprint of a frozen, water-rich planetary fragment being devoured by a white dwarf star, offering the clearest evidence yet that icy, life-delivering objects ...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman said at a US Senate hearing that he supports restoring Pluto's status as a planet after a ...

Is Pluto a planet? At a U.S. Senate committee hearing this week, NASA's chief shared his thoughts on the decades-long debate.

MIT astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have discovered that a rare "planetary odd couple", a hot Jupiter and a ...

A strange “forbidden” planet spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope is turning planetary science on its head. TOI-5205 b, a Jupiter-sized world orbiting a small, cool star, has an atmosphere ...

NASA chief Jared Isaacman has doubled down on his stance that Pluto is without a doubt a planet. For two decades, controversy ...

While most of my columns over the more than 20 years that I have written them for the Kitsap Sun have dealt with serious issues -- wars, addictions, family struggles -- sometimes a lighter issue ...