“Maybe NASA is just trying to get some attention.”
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I don’t doubt that NASA wants good press, but it’s comments on this were a result of recent rumors and news stories that implied/stated they had “made up a new constellation” for the Zodiac.
The Zodiac is the set of (major) constellations that are intersected by the ecliptic, it appears. Ophiuchus is technically now part of that set.
Why shouldn’t astronomers tweak astrologers. Some of them have taken the bait.