Why Pluto is the planet (yes, we said ‘planet’) we need right now | CNN Hundreds of people who love the little planet that was dissed, gather every year in the Arizona town where Pluto was discovered. They celebrate scientific discovery, history and our solar system’s und...

VIva La PLuto!
#iheartPluto
#darkskies
#lowellObservatory
#flagstaff #AZ #astronomy

#SongOfTheDay, 2/18/2025:
"Ode to #Pluto (You'll Always Be a Planet to Me)" (2008)
by Mark Burrows, a/k/a "Mister Mark"
(A children's choir sang this at the #IHeartPluto Festival this past weekend!)

(Today marks 95 years since the discovery of #Pluto - which some of us still call a planet - at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, which now hosts the #IHeartPluto Festival.)

#QuoteOfTheDay / #QOTD, 2/18/2025
#Quote by: #IHeartPluto Festival panelist Adam Nimoy (son of actor Leonard Nimoy),
interviewed earlier by @space.com's Jeff Spry
(and giving the Vulcan salute with Astronomy Magazine's David J. Eicher)
#StarTrek #Pluto #LiveLongAndProsper

🌌✨ Celebrate Pluto Day – Feb 18, 2025! ✨🌌

Discovered in 1930, Pluto’s journey continues! 🎉 Join events like an open discussion at Westbrook Gardens & the I Heart Pluto 2025 festival at Lowell Observatory! 🪐

Fun fact: Pluto takes 247.94 Earth years to orbit the Sun! 🚀 #PlutoDay #IHeartPluto