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Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary status.

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An international team of astronomers have been able to probe the atmosphere of an exoplanet like never before. Exoplanet ...

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New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...