Pluto should have its status as a planet reinstated, leading astronomers have said.Senior space scientists, including experts from Nasa, will this week attack a controversial decision by the International Astronomical Union, the body responsible for astronomy nomenclature, to redefine what constitutes a planet.
The space agency wanted to make sure its long-awaited and astronomically expensive telescope — soon to be launched into orbit above the turbulent fog of the atmosphere — made an appropriately cosmic splash. The advice from those of us in the press peanut gallery was always the same and simple: pictures — cosmic postcards like the live pictures of other planets being transmitted from the Viking and Voyager spacecraft — early and often. Little did I know how mortified the astronomers were by these suggestions.
Astronomy in India, lectures and shows organised at Nehru Planetarium
Astronomy in India, lectures and shows organised at Nehru Planetarium
An incredible forum that combines discussion and art galleries of paintings of breathtaking views of planets and other space elements
