Experts meet to decide Pluto fate
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Astronomers meet in Prague to define the meaning of the word planet, and to decide if Pluto really is one.
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An international team of astronomers believe they have solved a mystery that has been perplexing scientists for 100 years -- the origin of cosmic rays.
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NASA -- When the National Research Council recommended Solar System exploration goals for 2000-2010, the number one priority was sending a probe to explore Pluto and an area just beyond it known as the Kuiper Belt.     NASA plans to make that goal a reality...
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The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, April 18, and place, the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. This would be four days before the Pennsylvania primary. The group, ScienceDebate2008.com, has sent invitations to each of the remaining candidates. Now the big question is whether their handlers [...].
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When New Horizons, NASA's Pluto-bound spacecraft, swings by Jupiter on Feb.
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SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept. 18  /PRNewswire/ -- The votes are in and the kids of America have spoken -- Pluto should stay the ninth planet in our solar system.
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Hundreds of U.S. scientists have   challenged a recent decision by an international astronomy   group to strip Pluto of its planetary status with a petition   rejecting its definition of what constitutes a planet.
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Union officials and leaders at AB Ports are meeting conciliation experts to try to reach an agreement in the docks crisis.
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Is Pluto a planet? The world's astronomers met in Prague last week to vote on this question, and in a sort of cosmic game of "Survivor," they voted Pluto off the solar system.
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The organizers of a proposed science and technology debate among the presidential candidates have set a date, four days before the Pennsylvania primary.
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A large planet-like object out in the realm of Pluto shows signs of either a relatively recent collision or perhaps volcanic activity, astronomers said today.
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Pluto, now that it is no longer a planet, has been assigned the number 1340340 in the catalog of minor planets.
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The judge examining whether or not to suspend sanctions in the European Union's antitrust ruling against MicrosoftÂ has called a meeting to determine how the case should proceed following the withdrawal of two of its major participants.
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The prize in physics goes to two scientists for their research on the Big Bang. The Big Question: will they speak to each other at the ceremony?
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The world's biggest collider hopes to create a smorgasbord of exotic particles, from the so-called God particle to dark matter and maybe even miniature black holes. John Borland goes to the edge of theory.
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CHARLOTTETOWN (CP) - Hearings on whether Prince Edward Island should ban the use of genetically modified organisms in its agriculture industry has international experts on both sides of the debate digging in for a fight.
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By KHALID MOSS  Although I'd been warned by some bushyhaired astrophysicist on The Today Show, the news late last month hit me like a runaway meteorite. Astronomers say Pluto is no longer a planet.   I guess when it comes to planetoids, size does matter.