Nevertheless, because it orbited the Sun like a planet, it was classified as a planet and named Pluto, after the god of outer darkness in Roman mythology. So things stood for 65 years. Although ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Cold, dark and ...

Hades, God of death and the Underworld. Not the most popular of deities... he had to kidnap his own wife. Also known as Pluto Credits: Whoever it was that got me into greek mythology ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – When Walt was 12, his father went to the Department of Motor Vehicles to have his driver’s license renewed.