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These Record-Breaking Pictures Were Taken By The Farthest Camera From Earth
They may not look like much more than blue-green smudges, but the images are record-breakers. The machine that took these photos was farther from Earth than any other functioning camera in existence.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object
Taken from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015.
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NASA Probe Beams Sharpest Ever Images of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back some of the sharpest images of Pluto, showing a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains, which may be the best close-ups of the icy-dwarf planet that humans could see for decades.
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Watch How a Day - 6.4 Earth Years Long - Unfolds on Pluto
The images reveal many details about Pluto, including the differences between the encounter hemisphere and the so-called "far side" hemisphere seen only at lower resolution.
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NASA Probe Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto's 'Heart'
The New Horizons probe has found a second mountain range situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain on the lower-left edge of Pluto.
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New Horizons Probe Discovers Pluto's Exact Size
NASA's New Horizons probe has settled one of the most basic questions about Pluto - its size.
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These Record-Breaking Pictures Were Taken By The Farthest Camera From Earth
They may not look like much more than blue-green smudges, but the images are record-breakers. The machine that took these photos was farther from Earth than any other functioning camera in existence.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object
Taken from the spacecraft's Long Range Reconnaissance Imager, the images shatter New Horizons' own record for the closest-ever views of this KBO in November 2015.
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NASA Probe Beams Sharpest Ever Images of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back some of the sharpest images of Pluto, showing a wide variety of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains, which may be the best close-ups of the icy-dwarf planet that humans could see for decades.
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Watch How a Day - 6.4 Earth Years Long - Unfolds on Pluto
The images reveal many details about Pluto, including the differences between the encounter hemisphere and the so-called "far side" hemisphere seen only at lower resolution.
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NASA Probe Finds Second Mountain Range in Pluto's 'Heart'
The New Horizons probe has found a second mountain range situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain on the lower-left edge of Pluto.
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New Horizons Probe Discovers Pluto's Exact Size
NASA's New Horizons probe has settled one of the most basic questions about Pluto - its size.
