The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

Saturn, Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Jupiter, Mars and Mercury will be visible in an uncommon planetary alignment this month.

The spacecraft makes its sixth and final flyby on Jan. 8 before returning to enter orbit around the planet ... images of the event on Jan. 9. Two moon landers on one rocket: Jan. 15 Two small ...