Crater-less Pluto’s icy peaks high as Rockies, Charon’s canyons deeper than
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Crater-less Pluto’s icy peaks high as Rockies, Charon’s canyons deeper than

New Horizons already is 1 million miles beyond the dwarf planet, and 3 billion miles…

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NASA captures close-ups of Pluto
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NASA captures close-ups of Pluto

A new close-up image of an equatorial region near the base of Pluto’s bright heart-shaped…

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NASA releases detailed image of Pluto’s Surface
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NASA releases detailed image of Pluto’s Surface

Another surprise was Pluto’s primary moon, Charon, which was believed to be geologically dead.

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Ready for its close-up: First spacecraft to explore Pluto
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Ready for its close-up: First spacecraft to explore Pluto

A space tracking station in Australia will become the first place in the world to…

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High-res image of Pluto’s moon Charon shows strange depressed mountain
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High-res image of Pluto’s moon Charon shows strange depressed mountain

Sharper versions will be sent down over the next 16 months as the spacecraft slowly…

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Highly Anticipated Photos Of Pluto Reveal Big Surprise For Scientists
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Have a look at the OTHER planets’ first close-ups
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Have a look at the OTHER planets’ first close-ups

Signals from a spacecraft 3 billion miles away swept over Earth on Tuesday, confirming that…

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NASA flies by Pluto, begins to release images of the dwarf planet
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NASA flies by Pluto, begins to release images of the dwarf planet

After nearly a decade hurtling across 3 billion miles of space, NASA’s New Horizons probe…

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Pluto New Horizons: Live stream, photo and mission schedule
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Pluto New Horizons: Live stream, photo and mission schedule

The first age of deep space planetary exploration came to an end today as NASA’s…

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Kansas man makes a journey to the planet he discovered
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Kansas man makes a journey to the planet he discovered

At exactly 7:49 am ET on Tuesday, the unmanned spacecraft will fly within 7,750 miles…

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