CATEGORY: NEWS: ...and Then There Were Eight

The International Astronomers' Union has decided to get rid of Pluto - as a planet, that is. That sound you hear is textbook publishers and trivia game authors rushing to change the official size of our galaxy from nine planets back to eight. Yes, the outlier of our solar system has been kicked off the team. Poor Pluto. It never really stood a chance, what with its irregular orbit and small size. We'll miss the barren hunk of ice, which has been relegated to a "dwarf planet" along with Ceres and Xena. (And who knew Ceres was considered a planet of its own in the 1800s?) Just goes to show: Never name your planet after a Disney character! Or a lesbian warrior princess. How can such silly names compare to the erudite classiness of Uranus?