Mystery energy roughs up icy Pluto
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Mystery energy roughs up icy Pluto

New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto
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New Horizon offers new outlook on Pluto

And I didn’t. The “tail” is made up of nitrogen that is escaping the atmosphere…

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Frozen Plains Glimpsed on Pluto
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Frozen Plains Glimpsed on Pluto

It hasn’t been since Voyager 2 reached Neptune in 1989 that humanity has had a…

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Planet envy | HeraldNet.com – The Buzz
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Planet envy | HeraldNet.com – The Buzz

The plains are the mountains’ neighbors to the north. The peaks are now known, informally…

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Pluto plain resembles frozen mud cracks on Earth
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Pluto plain resembles frozen mud cracks on Earth

This is the first observation of Pluto’s atmosphere at altitudes higher than 170 miles above…

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Nasa releases historic close-up images of Pluto
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Nasa releases historic close-up images of Pluto

The first close-up views of Pluto show mountains made of ice and a surprisingly young,…

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NASA releases the first close-up image of Pluto
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NASA releases the first close-up image of Pluto

Twitter is filled with #PlutoFlyby musings. He’s anticipating a growing interest in the dwarf planet.

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‘Something wonderful’: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto
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‘Something wonderful’: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto

Observed within Hydra’s bright regions is a darker circular structure with a diameter of around…

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Stunning Images of Pluto Mountains Keep Scientists Busy for Now
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Stunning Images of Pluto Mountains Keep Scientists Busy for Now

The images show there is a range of mountains rising as high as 11,000ft (3,353m)…

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‘Blowing my mind’: Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon
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‘Blowing my mind’: Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon

NASA scientists announced on Wednesday that the New Horizons interplanetary space probe had captured the…

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