VIDEO: Stephen Colbert Debates Neil deGrasse Tyson Over Pluto's Planet Status

Yesterday, NASA shared spectacular photos of Pluto from the New Horizons craft fly by. The mission began in 2006, a time when Pluto, 4.67 billion miles away from earth, was still deemed to be a full-fledged planet.

While waiting to begin his new gig as host of LATE SHOW this September, funny man Stephen Colbert decided to use his free time to have a debate with famed scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson over what Pluto's status should actually be. Watch the clip below!

THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT will premiere on Tuesday, Sept. 8(11:35 PM-12:37 AM, ET/PT). The show will be broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City. Specific creative elements and producers will be announced at a later date.

A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.

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