Don't forget to check your spam folder. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has decided that Pluto — and other dwarf planets in the Solar System that share similar characteristics — should now ...

So far, Pluto and its larger neighbour, Eris, are the only named objects that qualify as plutoids, but more dwarf planets are expected to follow. In 2006, IAU members voted to demote Pluto from ...

Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume ...

Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume ...

From now on all similar distant bodies in the solar system willbe called “plutoids.” That’s the decision by the InternationalAstronomical Union, which met last week in Oslo, Norway ...

Plutoids are celestial bodies in orbit around the Sun at a distance greater than that of Neptune that have sufficient mass for their self-gravity to overcome rigid body forces so that they assume ...

The solar system seems to be getting more crowded by the day as its once nine-world population gives way to a realm of planets, dwarfs and the dim and distant plutoids. But in reality, the solar ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pluto, demoted from planet status in 2006, got a consolation prize on Wednesday -- it and other dwarf planets like it will be called plutoids. The International Astronomical ...

Another "new dwarf planet" and a whole new category of "plutoids" have added to the delightful complexity of our solar system. In July, the International Astronomical Union announced that Makemake ...

From now on all similar distant bodies in the solar system will be called "plutoids." That's the decision by the International Astronomical Union, which met last week in Oslo, Norway, and ...

From now on all similar distant bodies in the solar system will be called "plutoids." That's the decision by the International Astronomical Union, which met last week in Oslo, Norway, and ...