Pluto The Pup

On Tuesday, March 2nd take a cross-country trip with NOVA and Neil degrasse Tyson to explore the rise and fall of America’s favorite planet. For more information please visit us online at www.pbs.org

debate over Pluto’s status, Americans rallied behind the extraterrestrial underdog. The year of Pluto’s discovery, Disney created an irresistible pup by the same name, and, as one NASA scientist put it, Pluto was “discovered by an American for America.” Pluto is entrenched in our cultural, patriotic view of the cosmos, and Neil deGrasse Tyson is on a quest to discover why. Only Tyson can tell this story: he was involved in the first exhibits to demote Pluto, and, consequently, Pluto lovers …