NASA mocked for discarding ‘Eskimo Nebula,’ ‘Siamese Twins Galaxy’ as ‘actively harmful’ terms – haveeruonline

The Countrywide Aeronautics and House Administration (NASA) has occur under fire for taking element in ongoing initiatives to rid the federal authorities and other entities of “systemic discrimination and inequality.”
The agency introduced on Wednesday that it would prevent using the conditions “Eskimo Nebula”  and “Siamese Twins Galaxy”. Instead, the agency will refer to the celestial phenomena by their Worldwide Astronomical Union designations — NGC 2392, NGC 4567, and NGC 4568.
“‘Eskimo’ is…

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