Pluto

Kenneth Chang asks New York Times readers how many planets they want in the Solar System.

New York Times columnist Kenneth Chang recounts his reporting on Pluto and its place in AMNH's Rose Center, and the release of The Pluto Files.

Gathered here in one place is a record of Pluto’s rise and fall from planethood, given by way of media accounts, public forums, cartoons, and letters I received from disgruntled school children, their teachers, strongly opinionated adults, and colleagues.

Preface to The Pluto Files.

Dr. Mark Sykes of the Planetary Science Institute and Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson debate the nature of planethood with moderator Ira Flatow.

A talk on Death By Black Hole which touches on a variety of issues in astrophysics and space exploration.

Neil deGrasse Tyson confesses to his role in the Pluto dispute.

The story of Pluto's demotion from planethood and how a similar fate was dealt to other small bodies in the Solar System in centuries past.

Interviewed on PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer regarding the International Astronomical Union's debate on Pluto's planethood.

In this interview with DJ Grothe, Dr. Tyson discusses Pluto and planethood, life elsewhere in the universe, Intelligent Design, and eloquently explains how parents may foster an appreciation for science in children.