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NASA bowing to 'woke culture'
NASA announced this week that it is revaluating nicknames for cosmic objects.
'It has become clear that certain cosmic nicknames are not only insensitive, but can be actively harmful,' the agency said in a statement.
A planetary nebula discovered more than 300 years ago will no longer be called the 'Eskimo Nebula' because of the moniker's 'colonial' implications.
A pair of orbiting galaxies will no longer be referred to as the 'Siamese Twins Galaxy' because that name was also deemed offensive.
Many critics decried the decision to scrap the nicknames, accusing NASA of bowing to 'woke culture' Daily Mail
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