The spotlight is bright enough to thaw even Pluto. Well, not quite, but the tiny, icy world is getting front-page, prime-time attention for its first visit by a spacecraft — NASA’s New Horizons.
This is part of a series of articles written by members of the Westfield High School Space and Astronomy Club. Their mission is to share their enthusiasm for space and astronomical events with the ...
On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to strictly define a planet, which ultimately downgraded Pluto from the ninth planet from the sun to a dwarf planet — causing controversy ...