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Scientists Discover "Iron Bar" In Space That May Reveal Earth's Future
The team said they plan to do further studies to find out what exactly this iron bar is, where it came from and what it indicates
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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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Atmospheric Pressure On Pluto's Surface 80,000 Times Less Than Earth: Study
The study was carried out by an international team of scientists, and included members from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences.
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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 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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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
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Super Grand Canyon Spotted on Pluto's Moon Charon
New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.
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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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Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object in Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system.
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Nasa Unveils Stunning 'Pluto Time' Mosaic
The Pluto Time concept and widget was developed by Nasa's New Horizons science team
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Scientists Discover "Iron Bar" In Space That May Reveal Earth's Future
The team said they plan to do further studies to find out what exactly this iron bar is, where it came from and what it indicates
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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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Atmospheric Pressure On Pluto's Surface 80,000 Times Less Than Earth: Study
The study was carried out by an international team of scientists, and included members from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences.
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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 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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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
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Super Grand Canyon Spotted on Pluto's Moon Charon
New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.
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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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Astronomers Spot Most Distant Object in Solar System
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious dwarf planet that is three times farther away than Pluto and believed to be the most distant object in our solar system.
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Nasa Unveils Stunning 'Pluto Time' Mosaic
The Pluto Time concept and widget was developed by Nasa's New Horizons science team
