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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Nov 9, 2021
We understand planets better than ever, and that’s why Pluto still isn’t one
In 2006, Pluto was…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Feb 24, 2021
Is Eight Enough? New Study Throws Planet Nine Into Doubt, But Can’t Kill It
The definitive answer…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Sep 9, 2020
What Makes A Planet? Lessons Learned 14 Years After Pluto’s Demotion
In 2006, the IAU demoted Pluto…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Nov 14, 2019
Starts With A Bang #50: The Hunt For Planet Nine And Beyond
Pluto is definitely not the ninth planet…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jul 25, 2019
What Makes Something A Planet, According To An Astrophysicist?
A case for looking beyond the planetary…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Feb 25, 2019
Scientists Celebrate Pluto’s Discovery With A Retrospective Of Its Greatest Images
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jan 4, 2019
New Horizons To Encounter Ultima Thule This New Years, And Here’s Why It Matters
Sometimes, the…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 7, 2018
Triton, Not Pluto or Eris, Is The Kuiper Belt’s Largest World
It may have been captured by Neptune…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 4, 2018
Rocky Planets May Only Get Moons From One Source: Giant Impacts
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Oct 30, 2018
Solar System Scientists Aren’t Convinced That Planet Nine Exists
Any hypothesis, no matter how…
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