Great news everyone: Pluto is a planet again! Or at least, Bethesda certainly seems to think so, as it seems to be one in Starfield.
Way back in 2006, the International Astronomy Union General Assembly made the controversial decision to no longer classify Pluto as a planet. It’s something Pluto fans haven’t quite been able to get over, because why the hell shouldn’t it be classified as one? Sure, I’m not a scientist, but you’ve got to stick your neck out for the little guy. Bethesda also seems to want to defend the little planet that couldn’t, as Rebs Gaming on YouTube spotted that Pluto is quite clearly labelled on a Starfield map of our solar system.
Now, you could make the argument that of course it’s labelled, it might be a dwarf planet, but it’s still in a solar system. So what about Eris, or Ceres, or Haumea? They’re all dwarf planets too, but none of them are listed. Therefore, the only logical explanation is that in the far off year of 2330, the year Starfield is set in, it was decided that Pluto is in fact a planet after all. Which is obviously the correct decision, because sometimes you have to stick it to the man.