"The New Horizons probe, set to swing by Pluto and its moons in 2015, plucked the small planet from a star-filled image during a checkout period using the spacecraft’s long range camera..."

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"Before the dust even settled after the Great Pluto War at the IAU's General Assembly in Prague, one thing became clear: There will never be an accepted scientific definition for the term 'planet

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"NASA's Pluto-bound New Horizons spacecraft has snapped its first high-resolution photo, an image of distant stars that shows the probe's high-resolution camera works." Exciting news, but a

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"The important thing to remember is that the new definition was established by a vote, making it politics, not science. The politics may yet change again, but Pluto will remain the same." Th

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Centauri Dreams refers to an old master for some clarity on the Pluto debate.

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With all the recent advances and discoveries in space, is this really all they can be bothered to debate? Come on guys, just flip a coin and cut to the stuff about black holes, already.

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Ever the contrarian, Charles Stross weighs in on the Pluto debate.

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Yes, they are still debating it. No, it won't really change anything either way. Cheers to Scalzi for the link.

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Loads more junk in the Kuiper Belt than previously thought...good news for posthuman prospectors.

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Centauri Dreams lays down the historical context.

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Pluto's new moons get proper names at last.

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