IAU demotes Pluto to 'dwarf planet'
Pluto will no longer be considered the ninth planet discovered around Earth's star under a new definition adopted Aug. 24 by the International Astronomical Union. Meeting in Prague, the IAU rejected a proposed definition that would have boosted the number of planets in the solar system to 12, and...
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