Is Pluto a planet, as generations of schoolchildren learned? Or is it really a dwarf planet, as astronomyโs official governing body has determined?
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says itโs the former.
โJust so you know, in my view Pluto is a planet,โ he told reporters Aug. 23 while touring an aerospace engineering lab in Boulder, Colorado. โItโs the way I learned it and Iโm committed to it.โ