The national space Agency of USA (NASA) intends to modify the "harmful and discriminatory" the names of the planets, insulting minorities. In particular, this will be the new name of the nebula "Eskimo", according to a press release from the Agency, that "widely regarded as a colonial term with a racist history, imposed on indigenous peoples in the Arctic regions".
The space Agency has hinted that he joins the movement for social justice, the changing informal and potentially controversial names used by the scientific community for the remote space objects and systems, such as planets, galaxies and nebula. One of the steps that "immediately" is going to take NASA, will be the abandonment of references to planetary nebula NGC 2392, known as "the Eskimo nebula," a dying star similar to the Sun, which is blown off the outer layers.
The Agency also wants to change the names of a pair of spiral galaxies, NGC 4567 and NGC 4568 located in the constellation Virgo called "Galaxy Siamese twins". This galaxy was named Frederik Willem Herschel, British astronomer and composer of German origin who lived more than two centuries ago. Space object, nicknamed "the Nebula of the Horse Head," will retain its name, said NASA.
