El director de la NASA desea que Plutón vuelva a incluirse en la lista de planetas del sistema solar, con el fin de honrar la memoria del astrónomo estadounidense Clyde Tombaugh.
Plutón fue eliminado de la lista de planetas en agosto de 2006; sin embargo, algunos científicos desearían hoy volver a incluirlo.
Jared Isaacman, el actual administrador de la NASA, quiere **reinstaurar a Plutón como…
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Space archaeologists are buzzing as two separate research teams claim they have finally located the long-lost Soviet Luna 9 lander, the first human-made object to achieve a soft landing on the moon. The story gained traction after being reported by The New York Times, which detailed how the competing claims point to two entirely different locations on the lunar surface.
There is a major catch.…