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NASA just received the last close-up photos of Pluto that humanity may ever take
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the last bit of data from its 2015 flyby of Pluto.The picture — one of a sequence of shots of Pluto and its big moon, Charon — arrived earlier this week at...
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A comet strike on Pluto hints it may be hiding a giant, habitable ocean
Two new studies of Pluto suggest the enigmatic ice ball was walloped by a giant comet, and that it is hiding a very big secret: liquid water.If two groups of scientists are correct, Pluto isn't frozen...
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Pluto is hiding a gigantic liquid ocean you would never, ever want to swim in
Pluto is hiding a very big secret some 3 billion miles away from Earth: a vast ocean of liquid water.If you could suck all of the liquid from below the dwarf planet's icy shell, it might amount to a...
View ArticleA new NASA video shows Pluto in exquisite detail
The New Horizons spacecraft traveled more than 3 billion miles to reach Pluto. Scientists at NASA have used the mission data to create flyovers that are even closer than the actual spacecraft. Video...
View ArticleAnimated map of the solar system shows just how far humans have explored space
This year, 2017, marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite to orbit Earth. In those 60 years, we've gone much further, reaching new planets and even the edge of the solar...
View ArticleScientists have solved one of Pluto's most puzzling mysteries
There are regions in Pluto where huge ice structures exist. Scientists finally think they know how they are formed.Scientists have solved one of Pluto's most puzzling mysteries. In 2015, NASA's New...
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These new photos from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft were captured farther...
Until recently, the image captured farthest from Earth was the "pale blue dot" photo that the Voyager 1 spacecraft snapped before shutting off its cameras in 1990.Now, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft...
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Is it Planet 9 or Planet X? Scientists spar over what to call the solar...
Astronomers are hunting for a missing planet in the solar system beyond Pluto.They've found indirect evidence for the existence of the hypothetical world, often called Planet Nine.But Alan Stern, who...
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NASA just woke up a nuclear-powered probe 1 billion miles beyond Pluto — and...
NASA's New Horizons probe, which visited Pluto in 2015, recently woke up from hibernation.Scientists are preparing New Horizons to visit a mysterious, peanut-shaped frozen rock called Ultima Thule.The...
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NASA is about to explore Ultima Thule — the farthest object humanity has ever...
NASA's New Horizons probe, which visited Pluto in 2015, is closing in on a mysterious object called Ultima Thule.New Horizons will fly past Ultima Thule, formally known as 2014 MU69, on New Year's...
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NASA just pulled off humanity's farthest-ever visit to a space object — the...
NASA's New Horizons probe successfully flew past a space rock called 2014 MU69 on New Year's Day.MU69, also called Ultima Thule, is 4 billion miles away from Earth, 1 billion miles beyond Pluto, and...
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NASA is about to reveal the most distant object ever visited by humanity....
NASA's New Horizons probe flew past a mysterious object 4 billion miles from Earth on New Year's Day.Called 2014 MU69 (and also known as Ultima Thule), it is now the most distant object humanity has...
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NASA just released the first close-up photos of the farthest object humanity...
Scientists flew the New Horizons probe past a space rock called 2014 MU69 on New Year's Day.MU69 (nicknamed Ultima Thule) is 4 billion miles from Earth and the most distant object humanity has ever...
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Queen guitarist Brian May released a new song celebrating NASA's historic...
NASA's New Horizons probe flew past the giant space rock MU69 on New Year's Day.MU69, also called Ultima Thule, is more than 4 billion miles away from Earth, making it the farthest object ever...
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New videos of the farthest object humanity has ever explored show that it...
On New Year's Day, researchers flew NASA's New Horizons probe past a snowman-shaped space rock called 2014 MU69 (or Ultima Thule).MU69 orbits the sun from about 4 billion miles away. It's the most...
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Scientists just released the best photo yet of the most distant object ever...
NASA's New Horizons probe zoomed past a snowman-shaped space rock called 2014 MU69 (or Ultima Thule) on New Year's Day.Located 4 billion miles from Earth, MU69 is the most distant object humanity has...
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Pluto was discovered 90 years ago this week. Controversy about its identity...
This week marked the 90th anniversary of the discovery of Pluto.It's considered a dwarf planet — a designation that continues to spur vigorous debate.Pluto also continues to fascinate astronomers...
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