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Sep 22, 2006

"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." --Isaac Newton

Staying Positive About Pluto

When the National Astronomical Union (IAU) recently reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet, people worldwide had strong and widely differing reactions. While some mourned the 'demotion' of the planet, others saw the change as demonstrative of the process of scientific progress where old knowledge must make way for new. As American scientist and TV host Bill Nye put it, " Pluto’s change in status actually benefits science, because it gets people to ponder what it means to live on a planet, to live in the cosmos and be part of the universe, and what it means to try and understand these points of light in the night sky.” Read more about what different teachers, astronomers and journalists have to say about this 'cosmic change' and its implications here.