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I think our known universe requires more than just a supermassive black hole to get its start. There are an estimated 1 trillion galaxies in our known universe and each with around 200 billion stars. It is no doubt much bigger than this. This does not happen from just one big bang. It would...

My suggestion of the definition of a planet is: 1) It is approximately spherical by its own gravity. 2) It is in orbit around a star. 3) It has complexities either under its surface and / or ON and / or above its surface. Any presence of a liquid or gas in or on or around the body would show...

Yes, Mr. White, but how does JPL now consider the status of Pluto?

Hi Mr. White, Thanks for your reply, but you still did not answer my question. Does JPL now consider Pluto a full fledged planet since the NASA administrator does consider it one?

Very interesting, EjmMissouri. Just for reference here is what the administrator of NASA recently said about Pluto...

Hi Mr. White, As you may know, the NASA Administrator has reinstated Pluto as an official planet making it once again the 9th planet in our Solar System. Regardless whether this is just his personnel choice or an official NASA position, does JPL follow this direction or do they have their own...