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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Current Affairs 2015: NASA’s New Horizons probe discovered youngest
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Current Affairs 2015: NASA’s New Horizons probe discovered youngest

Although there are craters visible on Charon’s surface, there are not almost as many as…

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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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Space Photography Increases our Knowledge of the Asteroids
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Space Photography Increases our Knowledge of the Asteroids

Asteroids are small heavenly bodies that are also called minor planets and which revolve around…

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