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An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

Once the quirky underdog of our solar system, Pluto held planetary ... argue that Pluto should be considered a planet based on geological activity rather than orbital mechanics.

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