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Jan 04, 2006
Is Pluto a Planet or Is It Not? The Planetary Society Seeks Top 10 ListsSome scientists now claim that Pluto does not deserve its planetary ranking, that it is instead a Kuiper belt object, one of many such bodies in the far reaches of the solar system.
Dec 19, 2005
Last Chance to Send Us a Postcard from Venus!Contest entrants are invited to imagine the surface of Venus from an above-ground perspective - a bird's eye view of a mysterious world whose volcano-riddled surface contains few impact craters.
Dec 12, 2005
Cosmos 1 Named One of Most Innovative Ideas of 2005The solar sail spacecraft Cosmos 1 was listed by the New York Times Sunday Magazine as one of the most innovative ideas of 2005 in the December 11 issue of the magazine.
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