Laurel Kornfeld

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Earliest sunrises come before the summer solstice

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Make Pluto a Planet Again

Pluto, planets, dwarf planets, solar system

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When longtime supporters of the IAU planet definition publicly come out rethinking their positions on this debate, we can regard their change of view as a sign that the tide is turning in favor of a more inclusive planet definition. Tonight, I could hardly believe what I was reading when a friend…

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(via Over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates revealed!)

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(via May 1 full moon is a Flower Moon and micromoon)

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Happy May Day! Today is an astronomy holiday

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To NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman: Please Grant Kaela's Request

Twitter is currently buzzing with news of a 10-year-old girl named Kaela who has written to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman urging Pluto’s planetary reinstatement. Kaela, who was born 10 years after the controversial and wrongful IAU demotion of Pluto, is correct, and I wholeheartedly second her…

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Punishing Poverty and Criminalizing Homelessness Won’t Help Our State

Just because someone falls on hard times does not mean they belong in prison or deserve to be punished for sleeping outside. House Bill 211 by Representative Debbie Villio of Kenner creates the crime of unauthorized public camping in Louisiana and establis

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(via March equinox 2026: Here’s all you need to know)

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(via Equinox sun above horizon all day at the poles)

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Laurel Kornfeld turned 13 today!

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(via Why is the snowman shape so common in the Kuiper Belt?)

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Pluto Discovered 96 Years Ago Today

Today is International Pluto Day, marking the discovery of planet Pluto by Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory 96 years ago, on February 18, 1930. It is a day to celebrate all things Pluto, a planet whose understanding has eluded people for nearly a century. When first discovered, Pluto’s…

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I Heart Pluto Festival Returns to Lowell Observatory this Weekend

This weekend kicks off Lowell Observatory’s annual celebration of Pluto’s 1930 discovery by Clyde Tombaugh 96 years ago with its annual I Heart Pluto celebration. The celebration actually began last night, with a Beer Unveiling and Astronomy on Tap where this year’s Pluto-themed beer was unveiled.…

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New Horizons Saved as Congress Reverses NASA Cuts

The New Year begins with some good news for New Horizons and for many other NASA missions. The US House and Senate have passed a bill that rejects the cuts to NASA first proposed in June by the White House and instead approved $24.4 billion for NASA this year, of which $7.25 billion will go to the…

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(via Earth at perihelion – closest to sun – on January 3)

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(via January full moon: Super Wolf Moon near Jupiter and perihelion)