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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?

Pluto was demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet in 2006. So why is its status still so controversial today?

LiveScience · Nov 13, 2024

Astronomers want to change how we define a planet — again

Astronomers are proposing a new, more quantitative definition of what makes a planet. The new definition looks more directly at the object's mass — but it would still leave Pluto out of the running.

LiveScience · Jul 17, 2024

'What exactly is a planet?' Astronomers want to amend the definition

A newly proposed mass-based definition of a planet reaffirms Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Space · Jul 15, 2024

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UCLA asks for the public’s help in finding signs of extraterrestrial intelligence

LOS ANGELES — Imagine that you live alone in a dark, hilly wood that stretches for miles in all directions. You know your own forest well, having hiked and surveyed it as far as your feet and your tools allow. In all these explorations, you have never met another soul.…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 15, 2023

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