From farm boy to cosmic pioneer: The life and legacy of Clyde Tombaugh. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Clyde Tombaugh ...

“I sat on this book/Clyde W. Tombaugh/29 May 1987.” David tried to one-up him by signing, “It was my chair/David H. Levy/29 May 1987 TSP.” I added a final flourish of kookiness by ...

"Interned herein are remains of American Clyde W. Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto and the solar system's 'third zone.' Adelle and Muron's boy, Patricia's husband, Annette and Alden's father ...

When the late American astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered planet Pluto 76 years ago this month, he opened the gateway to an unknown region of ancient, icy objects unlike any worlds in our ...

The man who discovered Pluto will become the first human to have his remains sent outside the Solar System after his ashes were placed on board the Nasa spacecraft New Horizons. Clyde Tombaugh ...

Clyde Tombaugh didn't set out to discover Pluto when he sent his sketches of the night sky to Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff ...

It is a mere speck, an orbiting ball of ice far beyond the reach of warming solar rays. Just 1,420 miles across, it's smaller than our moon, and nearly imperceptible at an average of 3.6 billion ...

LAS CRUCES - Clyde W. Tombaugh Elementary is inviting current and past students, teachers and family members to attend the school’s 25th anniversary celebration beginning at 5:30 p.m. Thursday ...

Astronomer Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered Pluto on Feb. 18, 1930, at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona. It appears Pluto Day sprang up naturally as an informal anniversary holiday ...

The planet was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh in 1930 and until 2006, was considered one of the nine planets in the solar system, along with Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars ...