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Astronomers Discover "New Kind Of Climate" On Pluto
The astronomers noted that the haze is not just a visual oddity, but something that controls Pluto's climate.
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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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NASA Shares Stunning Rainbow Coloured Image Of Pluto, Internet Amazed
A recent post by the agency on its Instagram handle shows a rainbow coloured image of a celestial body that has surprised the internet.
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Pluto May Have Started Out Its Life as a Hothead
Pluto, a frigid little world inhabiting the solar system's outer reaches, may have been born as a warmer place sheltering a subsurface ocean that still exists today, researchers said on Monday.
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NASA's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object as Next Flyby Target From Over 160 Million Kilometres Away
The New Horizons probe is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object - nicknamed Ultima Thule - on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, 2019.
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New NASA Video Shows 'Landing' on Pluto
The video was created using over 100 images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft over six weeks of approach and close flyby in 2015.
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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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NASA Spots 'Super Grand Canyon' On Pluto's Moon
Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto In Twilight
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image of Pluto, showing sunlight filtering through and illuminating the icy dwarf planet's complex atmospheric haze layers.
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Pluto's Icy Heart Is Still 'Beating' Like A 'Cosmic Lava Lamp'
This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.
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NASA Probe Beams Best Close-Up Images Of Pluto
The most stunning and close-up images of Pluto's surface have been beamed back to Earth by NASA's New Horizons space probe.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object
Taken from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Methane on Pluto's Snowcapped Peaks
The new images reveal a mountain range located in southeast Cthulhu that is 420km long.
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Astronomers Discover "New Kind Of Climate" On Pluto
The astronomers noted that the haze is not just a visual oddity, but something that controls Pluto's climate.
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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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NASA Shares Stunning Rainbow Coloured Image Of Pluto, Internet Amazed
A recent post by the agency on its Instagram handle shows a rainbow coloured image of a celestial body that has surprised the internet.
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Pluto May Have Started Out Its Life as a Hothead
Pluto, a frigid little world inhabiting the solar system's outer reaches, may have been born as a warmer place sheltering a subsurface ocean that still exists today, researchers said on Monday.
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NASA's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object as Next Flyby Target From Over 160 Million Kilometres Away
The New Horizons probe is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object - nicknamed Ultima Thule - on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, 2019.
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New NASA Video Shows 'Landing' on Pluto
The video was created using over 100 images taken by the New Horizons spacecraft over six weeks of approach and close flyby in 2015.
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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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NASA Spots 'Super Grand Canyon' On Pluto's Moon
Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth's Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto In Twilight
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image of Pluto, showing sunlight filtering through and illuminating the icy dwarf planet's complex atmospheric haze layers.
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Pluto's Icy Heart Is Still 'Beating' Like A 'Cosmic Lava Lamp'
This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.
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NASA Probe Beams Best Close-Up Images Of Pluto
The most stunning and close-up images of Pluto's surface have been beamed back to Earth by NASA's New Horizons space probe.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object
Taken from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Methane on Pluto's Snowcapped Peaks
The new images reveal a mountain range located in southeast Cthulhu that is 420km long.
