Trending NowNeil deGrasse Tyson is not impressed with Pluto
Back in 2005, NASA launched the New Horizons spacecraft, sending it on a 4.67-billion-mile journey to take pictures of Pluto.
After nine and a half years, New Horizons is sending back pictures!
The new images of the elusive dwarf planet captured by the spacecraft have scientists and civilians back here on planet Earth buzzing with excitement.
Everyone is pretty impressed, but not Neil deGrasse Tyson. He tweeted:
Dear Pluto, Lookin’ good. But you’re still a Dwarf Planet — get over it. Love, Neil deGrasse Tyson pic.twitter.com/qBBD9feG6e
— Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) July 15, 2015
The director of the Hayden Planetarium is simply not psyched about this up-close and personal look at Pluto.
"It would be totally awesome if it was a much bigger planet " he told Stephen Colbert.
Guess for Neil deGrasse Tyson, bigger is better.
