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NASA is dropping racially insensitive nicknames from cosmic objects – USA TODAY
“Our goal is that all names are aligned with our values of diversity and inclusion,” NASA official Thomas Zurbuchen said.
NASA will be re-examining its use of nicknames for cosmic objects after deeming some, including “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy,” as insensitive.
USA TODAY
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- NASA is now re-examining its use of unofficial terms for cosmic objects.
- The agency will also no longer use the term Siamese Twins Galaxy to refer to NGC 4567 and NGC 4568.
- Cosmic objects sometimes get informal nicknames because their official names are often just numbers and letters.
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