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NEWS ABOUT: Pluto

Pluto stories: 4 news summaries

(Newser) - Having helped install a hometown boy in the White House and ousted its colorful governor, Illinois is next out to save Pluto, the Guardian reports. The state senate blasted the International Astronomical Union’s 2006 decision to demote the erstwhile ninth planet to a “dwarf planet,” and voted... More »

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planet • solar system • International Astronomical Union • Illinois • Pluto • dwarf planet • Clyde Tombaugh

Astronomers Throw Pluto
a Bone

Disgraced former planet gets its own category: 'plutoid'

Jun 12, 08 11:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pluto-fans depressed over the former planet's demotion may be cheered by a new decision that small, nearly spherical objects orbiting beyond Neptune will be called "plutoids." The new name has been sanctioned by the International Astronomical Union, the same organization that stripped Pluto of its planetary status 2... More »

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International Astronomical Union • Pluto • plutoid

NASA Probe Gets Lucky with Jupiter Flyby

Spacecraft New Horizons sees storms and supervolcanoes

Oct 9, 07 10:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Horizons, the robotic probe destined to reach Pluto in 2015, took some exciting photos when it flew within 1.4 million miles of Jupiter last February. Data from the fruitful detour for NASA’s fastest spacecraft will be published in Science this month. Highlights include photos of Jupiter’s... More »

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NASA • space • Jupiter • Pluto • New Horizons • Great Red Spot

25 Biggest Scientific Discoveries

From the unfathomably small to the mind-blowingly huge, the most significant breakthroughs

Aug 21, 07 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - The invention of the wheel was pretty good. Fire, even better. But what has science done for us lately? USA Today lists the top 25 scientific discoveries; here are the top 10:
  1. Accelerating universe
  2. Human genome
  3. Climate accord
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Internet • science • planet • Hubble • DNA • list • RNA • genes • genome • ozone • Pluto • quarks

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