Day 68: Pluto re-demoted, sunspots hit a new low

I saw a few great April Fool’s jokes today, but this one at NASA Watch really got the prize:
“Pluto is Now Just a Fairly Large Rock”
With perfect mock-serious delivery, blog author Keith Cowing reported it like straight news — given the growing number of solar system bodies in Pluto’s neighborhood, the beleaguered little former planet [...]

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Day 9: The Hunt for Planet X

This book review of The Hunt for Planet X, by Govert Schilling, appears in slightly different form in the Arizona Daily Sun. Even though I wrote it, it remains under copyright with the paper for two months. I reprint it here with permission, thanks to the editor, Randy Wilson.
 
The Hunt for Planet X
I liked Govert [...]

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