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NASA Data Shows Pluto’s Equator Is Lined with Towering Methane Ice Spires
New research based on New Horizons’ decade-old data has uncovered extensive bladed terrain made of methane ice on Pluto. These towering spires, arranged in spaced-out, parallel rows, are likely shaped by seasonal condensation and sublimation cycles. While the terrain spans over half the planet’s midsection, five times the width of continental U...
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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NASA Shares Stunning Image Of Pluto That Shows Its ''True Colours''
Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, however, it was demoted in 2006 and reclassified as a dwarf planet.
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NASA’s New Horizons Identifies Towering Ice Volcanoes on Pluto
A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and may still be active have been identified on Pluto using data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, showing that this remote frigid world is more dynamic than previously known.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Treks Deeper on Hunt for Moons After Historic Flyby
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft Sets Off On Hunt For Moons That Spun Off Ultima Thule
After studying a space rock some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Releases Up-Close Images Of "Snowman"-Shaped Ultima Thule
The most distant object ever explored by spacecraft is a reddish, snowman-shape rock 4 billion miles from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe 'Phones Home' in Landmark Mission to Ultima Thule
NASA's New Horizons explorer successfully "phoned home" on Tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind.
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NASA's New Horizons to Fly Past Ultima Thule Tonight, Here's How to Watch
To ancient explorers, "Ultima Thule" was what lay past the northernmost edges of maps, beyond the borders of the known world.
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft to Reach Ultima Thule on New Year's Day
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will zip past the scrawny, icy object nicknamed Ultima Thule (TOO-lee) soon after the stroke of midnight.
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NASA Space Probe Detects An 'Icy' Anomaly. Billion Kilometres Past Pluto
Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target -- an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Hurtles Toward Historic New Year's Flyby of Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule is named after a mythical, far-northern island in medieval literature and has its own rock anthem performed by Queen guitarist Brian May/
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'Surprising' Methane Dunes Found on Pluto
Pluto is covered with surprising dunes made of methane ice, which have formed relatively recently despite the frigid dwarf planet's very thin atmosphere, international researchers said Thursday.
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NASA's New Horizons Snaps Images Farther From Earth Than Any Spacecraft in History
New Horizons was even farther from home than NASA's Voyager 1 when it captured the famous "Pale Blue Dot" image of Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Helps Measure Brightness of Universe
The findings from NASA's New Horizons probe give an upper limit to the amount of light in the cosmic optical background.
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NASA Data Shows Pluto’s Equator Is Lined with Towering Methane Ice Spires
New research based on New Horizons’ decade-old data has uncovered extensive bladed terrain made of methane ice on Pluto. These towering spires, arranged in spaced-out, parallel rows, are likely shaped by seasonal condensation and sublimation cycles. While the terrain spans over half the planet’s midsection, five times the width of continental U...
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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NASA Shares Stunning Image Of Pluto That Shows Its ''True Colours''
Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, however, it was demoted in 2006 and reclassified as a dwarf planet.
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NASA’s New Horizons Identifies Towering Ice Volcanoes on Pluto
A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and may still be active have been identified on Pluto using data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, showing that this remote frigid world is more dynamic than previously known.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Treks Deeper on Hunt for Moons After Historic Flyby
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Spacecraft Sets Off On Hunt For Moons That Spun Off Ultima Thule
After studying a space rock some 4 billion miles (6.4 billion km) from Earth, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft set off on a new hunt for moons in the solar system's most distant edge, searching for clues on our solar family's creation, scientists said on Thursday.
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NASA Releases Up-Close Images Of "Snowman"-Shaped Ultima Thule
The most distant object ever explored by spacecraft is a reddish, snowman-shape rock 4 billion miles from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe 'Phones Home' in Landmark Mission to Ultima Thule
NASA's New Horizons explorer successfully "phoned home" on Tuesday after a journey to the most distant world ever explored by humankind.
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NASA's New Horizons to Fly Past Ultima Thule Tonight, Here's How to Watch
To ancient explorers, "Ultima Thule" was what lay past the northernmost edges of maps, beyond the borders of the known world.
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft to Reach Ultima Thule on New Year's Day
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will zip past the scrawny, icy object nicknamed Ultima Thule (TOO-lee) soon after the stroke of midnight.
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NASA Space Probe Detects An 'Icy' Anomaly. Billion Kilometres Past Pluto
Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target -- an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Hurtles Toward Historic New Year's Flyby of Ultima Thule
Ultima Thule is named after a mythical, far-northern island in medieval literature and has its own rock anthem performed by Queen guitarist Brian May/
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'Surprising' Methane Dunes Found on Pluto
Pluto is covered with surprising dunes made of methane ice, which have formed relatively recently despite the frigid dwarf planet's very thin atmosphere, international researchers said Thursday.
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NASA's New Horizons Snaps Images Farther From Earth Than Any Spacecraft in History
New Horizons was even farther from home than NASA's Voyager 1 when it captured the famous "Pale Blue Dot" image of Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Helps Measure Brightness of Universe
The findings from NASA's New Horizons probe give an upper limit to the amount of light in the cosmic optical background.
