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Astronomers at International Astronomical Union have voted against Pluto there by demoting Pluto’s planet status. Many people are not happy about this as pluto was demoted based on a controversial definition of planets. Well now there are only eight planets and 2003 UB313 nick named Xena is staking its claim as a planet.
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If International Astronomical Union (IAU) has it is way (Controversial definition for planet) then we will have twelve planets in our solar system instead of current nine planets. These are the new expected planets:

The asteroid Ceres, which is round, would be recast as a dwarf planet in the new scheme.
Pluto would remain a planet […]

According to a report from New Scientist, researchers are now looking at an alternative theory to Black Holes. Such theory is proposed because recently when scientists studied a quasar in depth they found that what ever was till now proposed about quasar’s was not true.
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I found an article in BBC’s News regarding the re-entry procedures followed by space shuttles like Discovery. This article explains the various steps involved in returning to earth graphically. Have a look at it I am sure all of you would like that.
News Update:
BBC World reports that the Discovery space shuttle has touched down earth […]

Scientists have found huge masses of hydrogen gas glowing as they are being sucked into some invisible galaxy like thing. Scientists feel that this is due the presence of dark matter.
Many of you would not be aware of Dark Matter. Let’s get to know more about it.
What is Dark Matter???
In cosmology, dark matter refers […]

I hope everybody has seen the movie ‘Armageddon’ in which Bruce Willis saves the earth. Now read below the news report from the New Scientist which says that a asteroid called 2006 HZ51 is on the verge of hitting the earth. The earliest date at which it can hit earth is 21 June 2008 […]