SubscribeHuge news for those interested in the cosmos: today Pluto has lost its status as a planet.
From a CNET article:
The 2006 International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly voted Thursday in Prague that Pluto, formerly known as a planet, will now be considered a “dwarf planet.”
The eight planets of Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune will be grouped as “classical planets.”