Back in the 1980’s, a now-defunct magazine called Science Digest held a contest to name Planet X — the still-undiscovered world that astronomers believed might lie out beyond Pluto. One of the best ...
On July 14, NASA’s New Horizons (http://www.nasa.gov/newhorizons) spacecraft will fly past Pluto, offering the first close-up look at that small, distant world and ...
We have to name stuff. If we didn't, we wouldn't know what we're talking about. When Pluto and its moons were essentially pinpoints, we got along with the bare bones. Not anymore. Every new solar ...
Arizona lawmaker Rep. Justin Wilmeth has proposed the dwarf planet known as Pluto to be named the “official state planet” of Arizona. The Republican lawmaker has been bringing awareness to his ...
For some generations, it's "My Very Eager Mother Just Served Us Nine Pickles." For others, it might be "Mother Very Easily Made Jane Stop Using Nail Polish," or "My Very Enormous Monster Just Sucked ...
Two quite different astronomy-related matters form the basis for this week's column. My first subject relates to an 87-year-old retired English schoolteacher, Venetia Phair. It seems that she is the ...
The team guiding the first mission to Pluto is fondly remembering Venetia Burney Phair, the “little girl” who named the ninth planet when it was discovered nearly 80 years ago. Mrs. Phair died April ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A dwarf planet orbiting beyond Neptune has been designated the third plutoid in the solar system and given the name Makemake, the International Astronomical Union said on ...
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