NASA is now officially cracking down on the nicknames of cosmic objects in an effort to address “systemic discrimination & inequality” in the scientific community. America’s top space agency is calling unofficial terms like “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” insensitive and even “actively harmful.” “I support our ongoing reevaluation of the names by which […]
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NASA Calls Nicknames of Cosmic Objects “Actively Harmful”
August 8th, 2020 Awake Goy
NASA is now officially cracking down on the nicknames of cosmic objects in an effort to address “systemic discrimination & inequality” in the scientific community. America’s top space agency is calling unofficial terms like “Eskimo Nebula” and “Siamese Twins Galaxy” insensitive and even “actively harmful.” “I support our ongoing reevaluation of the names by which […]