E275 - Pluto's Planet Debate, The Fastest Star & Japan's Mars Moon Mission

Welcome to another episode of Kalam Astro — your go-to show for the latest in space exploration and astronomy!

We open today's episode with a question that has sparked more passionate debate than almost anything else in modern astronomy — why do we care so much that Pluto isn't a planet? Ever since the International Astronomical Union controversially stripped Pluto of its planetary status back in 2006, the public outcry has never truly died down. We explore the deep emotional and scientific reasons behind our attachment to this tiny, distant world, and ask whether the debate over Pluto's classification tells us m...