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Congrats space fans, you've made it halfway through the week! SpaceX launched its Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time in 18 months this morning, astronauts are banding together to protect the U.S. Constitution, and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman wants to make Pluto a planet again? It's been a wild week already. Check out what's big in space this week below!
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Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman.
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When we build things on wonder, it naturally opens the mind.
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Astronomers have found the boundary of star formation in the Milky Way's spiral disk — and it's not as far out from the center of our galaxy as you might imagine.
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New simulations suggest binary star systems may be ideal for planet formation, and may produce more gas giants than single-star systems.
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The Sombrero galaxy's name fits perfectly.
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Earth's moon is to be on the receiving end of a spent rocket stage in early August - the leftovers from a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch last year.
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And that's it for our space update today! Thanks for exploring the cosmos with me. Today, NASA's Artemis astronauts visited the White House following the success of the Artemis 2 mission so stay tuned to see what these lunar explorers have to say.
Keep looking up!
Chelsea Gohd
Content Manager, Space.com
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