The astronomical community's greatest trauma captured in one image. In 2006, astronomers committed the celestial equivalent of disowning a child when they demoted Pluto from planet to "dwarf planet." Sixteen years later and the wound still hasn't healed. Every astronomy department has that one professor who gets misty-eyed at the mere mention of the icy outcast. The rest of us just awkwardly change the subject like we're avoiding talk of a family scandal. "Nine planets? No no, we have eight now. What? No, I don't know any 'Pluto.' Must be thinking of someone else's solar system."
We Don't Talk About Pluto
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