Back'Make Pluto a planet again': Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman calls for status restoration at US Senate hearing

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'Make Pluto a planet again': Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman calls for status restoration at US Senate hearing

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Nasa Administrator Jared Isaacman wants Pluto to be a planet again. He voiced this support in a Senate hearing. Nasa researchers are studying Pluto's status. Pluto was a planet until 2006. The International Astronomical Union reclassified it as a dwarf planet. This decision is still debated by scientists and the public. Isaacman believes Pluto should be a planet.

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