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Interview: Mike Brown, Stories From the Pluto Killer

April 19, 2012

Reporter Steven Berkowitz recently talked with Mike Brown, the man who killed Pluto (the planet, not the dog). His new book, How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming, is about, well . . . it's in the title. There's also a lot of storytelling in the book, so Steven talked to him about the role of story in science and science writing. Click the headline above to listen to the interview and read an excerpt from the book.

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In Features, Issues, Motion Tags Astronomy, interviews, Pluto, space
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Sunrise

March 13, 2012

Matt Strassler travels to Titusville, Florida—aka Space City, USA—in hopes of finally fulfilling his lifelong dream of seeing a real, live shuttle launch. But will the brief experience live up to his expectations? And more importantly, will it actually happen?

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In Features, Issues, Motion Tags Astronomy, dreams, Physics, shuttle launch, space

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