Astronomers count Pluto out

Forget what your science textbook taught you about the nine planets--Pluto doesn't loom large enough any more.

Textbook makers grapple with Pluto demotion

Teaching about the new solar system? Might want to use the Net for reference--it could be years before most science books are updated.
August 24, 2006

Pluto: And then there were eight

The solar system's far-flung rock becomes a "dwarf planet." Three other contenders have lost out, too.
August 24, 2006

The International Astronomical Union has decided to remove Pluto from the solar system--as a full-fledged planet.
August 24, 2006

blogma It's not the sort of political scandal that typically works bloggers into a frenzy, but the IAU proposal certainly got people talking.
August 19, 2006

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blogma NASA is engaged in a very terrestrial hunt for thousands of hours of original videotapes of the Apollo moon missions.
August 16, 2006

Space--the new summer vacation

Companies are lining up to provide space vacations or out-of-this-world taxi services.
Video: SpaceX aims for the skies
May 16, 2006

The storm, now about half the size of the Great Red Spot, was formed in 2000--when it was white.
May 5, 2006

New images from the space telescope include the sharpest wide-angle view ever obtained of the starburst galaxy Messier 82.
April 24, 2006

NASA shows off the first color image of the Red Planet from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment.
April 10, 2006