The name of Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of Pluto, is a step closer to being formally affixed to the planet’s most recognizable feature, a heart-shaped region that was informally called ...

New Mexico Museum of Space History spokeswoman Cathy Harper said the building that houses the theater will be re-christened the Clyde W. Tombaugh Education Center to more fully reflect its role at the ...

That came just after the March 6 announcement that Lowell ranked No. 1 in Newsweek's readers choice list of 10 best science museums in the United States. That recognition emphasized Lowell’s ...

Ammon News - Using a 13-inch (33-cm) telescope at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, Clyde W. Tombaugh, a 24-year-old American with no formal training in astronomy, discovered the dwarf ...

Clyde Tombaugh with a telescope. (Image credit: Lowell Observatory) An ironic discovery One of the most fascinating aspects of Pluto's discovery is that it was, in part, a cosmic coincidence.

Larry Tombaugh and Kathy Allen were married on June 1, 1974 at First Presbyterian Church in Delavan. They are the parents of Matthew Tombaugh, of Streator; and Kate Tombaugh, of Streator.

Clyde W. Tombaugh discovered planet Pluto at Lowell Observatory in 1930 after 300 nights of precise searching. His story is captured in a newly-released children’s picture book by local author ...

One of the great books about Clyde Tombaugh and the discovery of Pluto is “Percivial’s Planet,” a novelization of the discovery of the planet that also folds in other interesting ...

THORNDIKE - Clyde W. Libby, 86, of Thorndike, died peacefully at Mt. St. Joseph Nursing Home in Waterville. He was the son ...

Question: Of the thousands, albeit millions, of people who have lived in Central Illinois, can you name the former resident who has traveled the farthest? Answer: It would have to be Clyde W ...

Answer: It would have to be Clyde W. Tombaugh, born in 1906 near Streator, 24 years later while working at an observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered the dwarf planet, Pluto, died in 1997 ...