--- description: The famed cosmologist is throwing some shade on Twitter, at "only a dwarf" planet, Pluto. title: Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Totally Over Pluto image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Totally Over Pluto by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 9:19 AM CUT by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 15, 2015 9:19 AM CUT > [](https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/621156372651098112) Neil deGrasse Tyson is throwing some shade on Twitter at “only a dwarf” planet, Pluto, which has garnered a lot of attention since the New Horizons probe beamed back images of the far-flung planet to NASA. Some tweeters are already up in arms over the famed cosmologist’s comments. > [](https://twitter.com/peezynsk/status/621156467832410112) > [](https://twitter.com/shutupisaac/status/621156511557922816) > [](https://twitter.com/BLACKHlLL/status/621156487960899584) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3958381/neil-degrasse-tyson-pluto-dwarf-planet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3958381/neil-degrasse-tyson-pluto-dwarf-planet/"},"headline":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Totally Over Pluto","datePublished":"2015-07-15T09:19:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:09.659Z","description":"\"You’re still a Dwarf Planet\"","url":"https://time.com/3958381/neil-degrasse-tyson-pluto-dwarf-planet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Space","twitter","neil degrasse tyson"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3958381/neil-degrasse-tyson-pluto-dwarf-planet/","name":"Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Totally Over Pluto"}}]}] ```