The amateur astronomer who discovered Pluto and visited the dwarf planet after his death
Astronomy
Astronomy
Solar System
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
What is it about Pluto that made astronomers – such as the likes of Dr Mike Brown, Professor of Planetary Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) – insist on its declassification?
Astronomy
Astronomers watch partial solar eclipse across Europe and Asia
The event of 11 August 2018, was viewed by dedicated eclipse observers and others from the northern part of the Earth
Space Exploration
NASA needs you! Help nickname New Horizons’ next flyby target
The team behind the Pluto mission is looking for your ideas on what to informally name its next flyby destination, a billion miles past the dwarf planet
Solar System
If we discovered another planet in our Solar System, what would we call it?
A new planet needs a name – but what we would we call it if it was found in our Solar System?