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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's New Horizons Spacecraft Captures ''Heart-Shaped'' Glacier On Pluto's Surface
NASA shared a stunning image on Instagram taken by its New Horizons spacecraft showing a heart-shaped glacier on Pluto's surface.
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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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This Spacecraft Is En Route To Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
The nerdiest New Year's party in the solar system is happening 4 billion miles from Earth, where a lone, intrepid explorer is en route to the furthest object humans have ever explored.
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New Horizons' Last Bit Of Pluto Data Reaches Earth
It took more than a year but the last bits of science data from New Horizons' Pluto flyby - stored on the spacecraft's digital recorders since July 2015 - arrived safely on Earth this week, NASA said.
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New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
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New Image Shows Pluto's Puzzling Patterns, Pits
A new image taken by New Horizons spacecraft shortly before its closest approach to Pluto on July 14 this year resolves details as small as 250 metres.
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First New Horizons Paper Reveals 'Fascinating' Pluto
Pluto is a "fascinating" world with a diverse range of landforms such as smooth plains, ice mountains and bladelike ridges, according to the first research paper from a flyby of the dwarf planet in July.
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NASA Captures Pluto's Moon Charon in Stunning Detail
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
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'Snakeskin' Photos Reveal Pluto in Dazzling Details
New "snakeskin" mystifying images of Pluto sent by NASA's New Horizons probe have revealed a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details.
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Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
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Planetoid Beyond Pluto New Horizons' Next Destination
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons spacecraft after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system - a planetoid that lies nearly a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Shows Pluto Wrapped in Haze, Ice Flows
New images of Pluto's surface reveal telltale signs of a wide range of geologic activities including a Pluto version of glacial ice flows.
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Scientists Puzzle Over Pluto's Polygons
New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain, indications that the icy world is geologically active, New Horizons scientists said on Friday.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Finds Pluto is Bigger Than Predicted
Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wraps up a nearly decade-long journey, with a close flyby on track for Tuesday, scientists said on Monday.
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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's New Horizons Spacecraft Captures ''Heart-Shaped'' Glacier On Pluto's Surface
NASA shared a stunning image on Instagram taken by its New Horizons spacecraft showing a heart-shaped glacier on Pluto's surface.
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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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This Spacecraft Is En Route To Furthest Object Humans Have Ever Explored
The nerdiest New Year's party in the solar system is happening 4 billion miles from Earth, where a lone, intrepid explorer is en route to the furthest object humans have ever explored.
-
New Horizons' Last Bit Of Pluto Data Reaches Earth
It took more than a year but the last bits of science data from New Horizons' Pluto flyby - stored on the spacecraft's digital recorders since July 2015 - arrived safely on Earth this week, NASA said.
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New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
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New Image Shows Pluto's Puzzling Patterns, Pits
A new image taken by New Horizons spacecraft shortly before its closest approach to Pluto on July 14 this year resolves details as small as 250 metres.
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First New Horizons Paper Reveals 'Fascinating' Pluto
Pluto is a "fascinating" world with a diverse range of landforms such as smooth plains, ice mountains and bladelike ridges, according to the first research paper from a flyby of the dwarf planet in July.
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NASA Captures Pluto's Moon Charon in Stunning Detail
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best colour and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
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'Snakeskin' Photos Reveal Pluto in Dazzling Details
New "snakeskin" mystifying images of Pluto sent by NASA's New Horizons probe have revealed a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details.
-
Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
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Planetoid Beyond Pluto New Horizons' Next Destination
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons spacecraft after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system - a planetoid that lies nearly a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Shows Pluto Wrapped in Haze, Ice Flows
New images of Pluto's surface reveal telltale signs of a wide range of geologic activities including a Pluto version of glacial ice flows.
-
Scientists Puzzle Over Pluto's Polygons
New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain, indications that the icy world is geologically active, New Horizons scientists said on Friday.
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NASA's New Horizons Probe Finds Pluto is Bigger Than Predicted
Mysterious Pluto looms large and turns out to be larger than expected as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft wraps up a nearly decade-long journey, with a close flyby on track for Tuesday, scientists said on Monday.
