The International Astronomical Union held a vote. There are eight planets in the solar system, not nine and not ten. Mike was forever the Pluto killer until he got a hot tip. He now has a chance at redemption.
Something strange is going on at the outer reaches of the solar system. One astronomer thinks it might be a Neptune-sized ninth planet, and he’s on a quest to find it.
That search is happening at an enormous telescope on the summit of Maunakea, a dormant Hawaiian volcano with a long astronomical and cultural history. But many Native Hawaiian scientists are asking: What’s lost in the pursuit of larger and larger telescopes?
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