‘Something wonderful’: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto
July 20, 2015
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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
July 19, 2015
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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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Coming attractions: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto
July 19, 2015
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Coming attractions: 1st close-up pictures of Pluto

New Horizons, a piano-sized spacecraft that has been traveling 3 billion miles through the solar…

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Pluto’s mountainous surface could be biologically active, say
July 19, 2015
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Pluto’s mountainous surface could be biologically active, say

Icy mountains on Pluto and a new, crisp view of its largest moon, Charon, are…

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Pluto has huge mountains, Charon has canyons
July 19, 2015
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Pluto has huge mountains, Charon has canyons

Little is known about Pluto due to its distant location and unusual oval orbit, which…

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Pluto has 11000 feet high, young ice mountains
July 19, 2015
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Pluto has 11000 feet high, young ice mountains

NASA has released the next batch of images from New Horizons’ historic Pluto flyby –…

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NASA releases new images from Pluto mission
July 19, 2015
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NASA releases new images from Pluto mission

Indications put Pluto at 2,370 kilometers (1,473 miles) in diameter; bigger than previous estimations. The…

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NASA tweets amazing images of how clearly we can now see Pluto
July 19, 2015
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NASA tweets amazing images of how clearly we can now see Pluto

Scientists and the public are getting their first look at what NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft…

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Pluto has huge icy mountains
July 19, 2015
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Pluto has huge icy mountains

New horizons is already 1.6 million kilometres past Pluto after yesterday’s fly-by and it’s in…

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Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon
July 19, 2015
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Peaks on Pluto, canyons on Charon

New Horizons is the fastest space probe ever, and it still took ten years to…

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