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69 days ago by The Galactic Fool

The IAU is the organization responsible for making all the important decisions in the astronomical world. Pluto Since Pluto's discovery in 1930 by the American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, several objects have been discovered that are substantially larger than Pluto, but have not been considered plane ...

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81 days ago by Dr. Bruce Cordell

Continuing last week’s mini-tour of Space Age sites associated with the 1960s Apollo Maslow Window, one has to be especially impressed with the spectacular space icons of southern New Mexico and Arizona, and how they point to the approaching, new Space Age near 2015. The elegant McMath-Pierce Solar ...

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118 days ago by Administrator

Attorney Clarence Darrow, the defense lawyer at the Scopes “Monkey” trial, died on this date in 1938. It was exactly 13 years after the day the Tennessee House voted to ban the teaching of evolution in state schools. Passage of that law led to the Scopes trial. A major scientific discovery on March ...

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119 days ago by John Lampard

Today is Pluto Day, at least if you live in the US state of Illinois, where lawmakers have also decreed that Pluto is a planet, in contravention of the International Astronomical Union 2006 ruling declaring it be classified a dwarf planet, as it is “too small” to be a full-sized planet. Clyde Tombau ...

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122 days ago by baldricman

Many of you will remember the debacle in 2006 about the (finally) successful attempt at reclassifying Pluto, “demoting” it as it were, from a planet to, well, not a planet. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) voted* to reclassify Pluto, originally the ninth planet in our solar system, relegat ...

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124 days ago by Tom Berg, Staff Writer

Boy, Illinois lawmakers are miffed. That’s why they declared March 13 “Pluto Day” in their state. They insist it’s still a planet. They insist that in 2006, the International Astronomical Union got it wrong when it “unfairly downgraded” Pluto from a real planet to a dwarf planet. They insist it’s ti ...

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125 days ago by John Paczkowski

Pluto’s sullied celestial reputation has been restored. In brazen defiance of the International Astronomical Union–which famously demoted Pluto to dwarf planet in 2006–the State of Illinois this week passed a resolution restoring Pluto’s planetary status. In Illinois, anyway. Apparently, Clyde Tomba ...

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125 days ago by 3v1l5w1n

Artist impression of the surface of Pluto. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada On August 24, 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) redefined the term “planet”, effectively demoting Pluto to just a dwarf planet. The least qualified people chronically afraid of advancements of our understanding of cosmos ...

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146 days ago by admin

Over two years after the downsizing of Pluto from planetary status, confusion and consternation continue to plague anyone born after the 1800s. Which I’m assuming is everybody. This is not surprising if you know Pluto. A quick look at the history of this little snow cone suggests we might want to re ...

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173 days ago by admin

Simon Bolivar, 17 Ocak 1819′da Kolombiya Cumhuriyeti’nin kurulduğunu ilan etti. Kolombiya´nın şimdi ki topraklarında, İspanyollar gelmeden önce yörenin yerlileri bu yaşamlarını ticaret ve altın zanaatıyla icra ediyorlardı. Burada Muisca, Tayrona, Sin, Quimbaya ve San Agustín kltrleri yzyıllar boyunc ...

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