NASA is officially considering a 10-year-old schoolgirl's demand for cosmic justice (5 photos)
And now it's time to talk serious space news. A 10-year-old schoolgirl named Kaela decided that modern astronomy had taken a wrong turn. She filed an official complaint directly with NASA, demanding the immediate reinstatement of Pluto as a full-fledged planet. Because no way. 
In August 2006, the IAU (International Astronomical Union) ruthlessly demoted Pluto from the major leagues and relegated it to the "dwarf" category. Kaela, after visiting the planetarium and assessing the scale of the injustice, decided this wouldn't do. With the support of her father, Mike Boylan, a well-known local weather blogger, the letter was delivered to NASA via social media platform X. 
The girl presented three compelling arguments:
Historical Continuity: Since it's part of the system and used to be a planet, the status should be lifelong.
Size Discrimination: Being a "dwarf" is humiliating; Pluto deserves to be "real." Agree, Pluto is cool.
Social Request: Pluto's Return "Will Make Many People Happy." 
To avoid NASA thinking they were dealing with an amateur, Kaela played her trump card. In her letter, she mentioned discoverer Clyde Tombaugh, the Kuiper Belt, and listed all five of Pluto's moons (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra). She even used a forbidden trick—a triple "please"—and apologized for her handwriting. 
Mike Boylan with 10-year-old Kaela.
To NASA's credit, the letter wasn't shredded. On April 9, 2026, the agency's new administrator, Jared Isaacman, personally responded to Kaela: "We're looking into it." The news instantly went viral, and the heroine of the occasion herself, in an interview with Fox 10, announced the main condition of the deal: if Pluto is returned to normal, the occasion must be celebrated with free ice cream for everyone on Earth. 
Oh, if only we had free ice cream in honor of Pluto, instead of all this.
