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looorg [soylentnews.org] writes:

Racism in a galaxy far far away. NASA is looking to reexamine their naming policies of cosmic objects as to comply with current earthly standards. Next up NGC 2392 aka the "Eskimo Nebula", and NGC 4567 & NGC 4568 aka “Siamese Twins galaxy”. Apparently the nicknames are not inclusive enough for science according to their diversity administrators.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-reexamine-nicknames-for-cosmic-objects [nasa.gov]

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