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The Battle for Pluto’s Planetary Status Continues

Alan Stern argues Pluto should regain planet status while Mike Brown defends the 2006 reclassification in a livestream hosted by EarthSky.

Summary by The Week
There’s been a fierce debate over the past two decades about the status of the distant icy world of Pluto after it was contentiously stripped of its planethood and reclassified as a dwarf planet.Nasa chief Jared Isaacman has indicated that he might revisit the matter but it won’t be an easy decision because scientists are still “worlds apart” on the issue, said The Observer.Rock and icePluto was discovered on 18 February 1930 by an American astr…

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EarthSky broke the news in United States on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
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