en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/science/pluto/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/science/non-planet_pluto_gets_new_class/ Plutoid" is the word of the moment for astronomers. It is the new classification that has been sanctioned for the object that was formerly known as the "ninth planet". It is nearly two years since the International Astronomical Union (IAU) stripped news science 2008-06-12 08:18:14 http://www.newsique.com/science/non-planet_pluto_gets_new_class/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/7449735.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/non-planet_pluto_gets_new_class/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_status_suffers_another_blo/ Pluto has suffered yet another blow to its status. Not only has it been demoted from planet to "dwarf planet", research now shows that it cannot even lay claim to being the biggest of these. A study has confirmed that the dwarf planet Eris - whose d news science 2007-06-17 17:10:08 http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_status_suffers_another_blo/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/science/nature/6751975.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_status_suffers_another_blo/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_probe_swings_by_jupiter/ A small spacecraft en route to Pluto flew past Jupiter early on Wednesday, picking up enough speed from the giant planet's gravity field to shave three years off what would have been a 12-year voyage. In exchange, the New Horizons spacecraft is taking news science 2007-02-28 10:47:24 http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_probe_swings_by_jupiter/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/space_jupiter_dc http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/pluto_probe_swings_by_jupiter/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/i_cant_believe_its_science/ New Mexico insists Pluto's still a planet, a pawless panda struggles to mate, and the English and Irish are mostly just Spanish. If Big Brother says 2 + 2 = 5, does that make it so? The state of New Mexico likely has no objections, as they're now consi opinion science 2007-03-14 21:03:06 http://www.newsique.com/science/i_cant_believe_its_science/ Seed Magazine http://www.seedmagazine.com/news/2007/03/i_cant_believe_its_science_for_25.php http://www.newsique.com/sources/seedmagazine/ 100 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/i_cant_believe_its_science/#comments http://www.newsique.com/science/new_mexico_lawmaker_petitions_to/ The state of New Mexico could effectively secede from the astronomical community if a resolution to call Pluto a planet is passed. Joint House Memorial 54 was introduced by representative Joni Marie Gutierrez, who represents Dona Ana County. It states news science 2007-03-11 12:30:25 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_mexico_lawmaker_petitions_to/ Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20070309/sc_space/newmexicolawmakerpetitionstorestoreplutosplanetstatus http://www.newsique.com/sources/yahoo_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/science/new_mexico_lawmaker_petitions_to/#comments