woodchurch science

yesterday astronomers agreed (?) to demote pluto and strip it of its planetary status so that the new solar system contains both planets and ‘dwarf’ planets - pluto amongst them. this has upset a lot of people, who have claimed that the vote was hijacked. apparently there were 10000 astronomers eligible but only 424 stayed to vote!

some people are so upset that they have even started selling bumper stickers in support of pluto. you can buy them here!

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