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April 29, 2026
NASA Chief Wants Pluto to Be a Planet Again and Will Push for Reclassification
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman affirmed that he is in favor of Pluto returning to be considered a planet and indicated that the space agency plans to reopen the debate on the return of what was the ninth planet until 2006. 'I am totally in favor of Pluto being considered a planet again,' he responded...
TL;DR
- NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman favors Pluto being considered a planet again.
- NASA is preparing documents to support Pluto's return to planetary status.
- The space agency plans to promote a debate on this issue within the scientific community.
- Pluto was discovered in 1930 and classified as a planet until 2006.
- The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it has not cleared its orbit of debris.
- The decision to demote Pluto has been controversial among astronomers.
- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in 2015.