Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, ...
What Makes Pluto So Intriguing
“New Horizons shattered a major paradigm of planetary science,” says Alan Stern, the mission’s principal investigator. “Pluto ...
NASA’s Webb Space Telescope reveals ancient surface of Pluto and other celestial bodies for the first time
Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...
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Pluto was discovered 95 years ago. Where you can view the non-planet in Michigan
It is located in the distant Kuiper Belt," the National Aeronautics and Space Administration said. Pluto was discovered ... This "blinking" between images allowed the astronomer to note tiny ...
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Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later
Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! He called this hypothetical world "Planet X." "In some ways, Pluto's more of a planet than some of the ...
The tiny planet-not-planet that could: Pluto was discovered 95 years ago today
Feb. 18 marks the 95th anniversary of the discovery of our outermost planet-not-planet. Here's what to know about the short ...
NASA’s Webb Just Found Something Unexpected Beyond Neptune
Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...
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Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock'
"The data from the termination shock encounter will be a treasure trove for space physicists worldwide ... conducted the first and only flyby of the Pluto system, culminating at the closest ...