Pluto

Pluto is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt, a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object orbiting the Sun.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the anniversary of its reclassification from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006.

Latest on Pluto

• On this day in space! Aug. 30, 1992: Astronomers discover 1st Kuiper Belt object out beyond Pluto
• Pluto losing its planet status may be the best thing that ever happened to solar system diversity
• On this day in space! Aug. 24, 2006: Pluto loses its planet status
• Why do we care so much that Pluto isn't a planet?
• It's been 20 years since Pluto lost planet status. Will it ever get its title back?
• Pluto's atmosphere is collapsing as it drifts away from the sun into a deep freeze
• On Friday, GPT competed against Claude and the human bot Pluto during a match

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