Today's Article: NASA Renames Object After Uproar Over Old Name’s Nazi Connotations
Ultima Thule-- the word literally means 'a place beyond the known world,' and with that in mind NASA scientists gave it as a temporary name to an oddly-shaped space object recently discovered. The term was also used by Nazis, however, and for many, that was a reason that it had to go. Learn more about the controversy in today's article.
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Today's Alternate Article: Huge space hotel promises fake gravity and ‘supersized basketball’
Ultima Thule-- the word literally means 'a place beyond the known world,' and with that in mind NASA scientists gave it as a temporary name to an oddly-shaped space object recently discovered. The term was also used by Nazis, however, and for many, that was a reason that it had to go. Learn more about the controversy in today's article.
Click here to view the entire article and classroom discussion questions:
Today's Alternate Article: Huge space hotel promises fake gravity and ‘supersized basketball’
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