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BBC News
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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..
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BBC News
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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..
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Yahoo News
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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..
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Seed Magazine
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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..
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Yahoo News
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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..
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