Nasa to change 'harmful' and discriminatory planet and galaxy nicknames

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Nasa to change 'harmful' and discriminatory planet and galaxy nicknames
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Space agency says ‘certain cosmic nicknames are insensitive’ and vows to drop any reference to them

Nasa has signaled it is joining the social justice movement by changing the unofficial and potentially contentious names used by the scientific community for distant cosmic objects such as planets, galaxies and nebulae.

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