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Pluto's True Nature - Heart-Shaped Icecap, Spits Out X-Rays And More
When the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in 2015, the probe revealed the dwarf planet's true nature: Pluto is a frozen lump, sure, but it is an odd and interesting lump. Pluto has a heart-shaped icecap that, in theory, could hide an ocean. For no obvious reason, Pluto spits out X-rays. And when New Horizons took Pluto's temperature, the dw...
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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 Probe Beams Sharpest Ever Images of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back some of the sharpest images of Pluto, showing a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains, which may be the best close-ups of the icy-dwarf planet that humans could see for decades.
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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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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 Spacecraft Makes Closest Approach to Pluto
An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said.
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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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NASA Counts Down to Nail-Biter Pluto Flyby
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is hurtling into the unknown, and Tuesday will make a close shave past Pluto, allowing scientists a close glimpse of the dwarf planet's surface for the first time.
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Historic Flyby of Pluto on Track Despite Probe Glitch, Nasa Says
The team had lost communications with the New Horizons spacecraft for a brief period over the weekend.
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Glitch Over, Pluto-Bound Spacecraft on Its Way
A software glitch that triggered communication loss with NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified and the probe is on way for a Pluto fly-by on July 14, the US space agency has said.
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Pluto's True Nature - Heart-Shaped Icecap, Spits Out X-Rays And More
When the New Horizons spacecraft arrived at Pluto in 2015, the probe revealed the dwarf planet's true nature: Pluto is a frozen lump, sure, but it is an odd and interesting lump. Pluto has a heart-shaped icecap that, in theory, could hide an ocean. For no obvious reason, Pluto spits out X-rays. And when New Horizons took Pluto's temperature, the dw...
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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 Probe Beams Sharpest Ever Images of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back some of the sharpest images of Pluto, showing a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains, which may be the best close-ups of the icy-dwarf planet that humans could see for decades.
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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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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 Spacecraft Makes Closest Approach to Pluto
An unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by Pluto on Tuesday, making its closest approach in the climax of a decade-long journey to explore the dwarf planet for the first time, the US space agency said.
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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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NASA Counts Down to Nail-Biter Pluto Flyby
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is hurtling into the unknown, and Tuesday will make a close shave past Pluto, allowing scientists a close glimpse of the dwarf planet's surface for the first time.
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Historic Flyby of Pluto on Track Despite Probe Glitch, Nasa Says
The team had lost communications with the New Horizons spacecraft for a brief period over the weekend.
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Glitch Over, Pluto-Bound Spacecraft on Its Way
A software glitch that triggered communication loss with NASA's New Horizon spacecraft has been rectified and the probe is on way for a Pluto fly-by on July 14, the US space agency has said.
