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"My colleagues and I were over the moon when we were invited to participate in an international mission funded by Nasa." ...

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Analysis - When the International Astronomical Union announced in 2006 that Pluto was being demoted from its status as the Sun's ninth planet, many astronomers and non-experts alike were shocked.