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Researchers Unravel the Origin and Composition of Red Spot on Pluto’s Moon Charon
Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.
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NASA Space Probe Detects An 'Icy' Anomaly. Billion Kilometres Past Pluto
Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target -- an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object as Next Flyby Target From Over 160 Million Kilometres Away
The New Horizons probe is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object - nicknamed Ultima Thule - on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, 2019.
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Pluto Has Windswept Dunes Even Though It Shouldn't Have Enough Wind To Sweep
By Earth's standards, you could hardly imagine a stranger world than frigid, tiny Pluto. It resides in the far corner of the solar system at an average of about 4 billion miles from the sun. NASA's New Horizons probe, which flew within 7,800 miles of the dwarf planet in July 2015, gave us the best look at Pluto yet. There, temperatures plunge to mi...
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Set to Meet Next Flyby Target - a Kuiper Belt Object
It is heading towards its next target - 2014 MU69 - which is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) and the probe will fly past it on January 1, 2019.
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NASA Probe Spots Possible Clouds On Pluto
NASA's New Horizons space probe has spotted possible clouds hovering over Pluto, indicating that the weather on the icy dwarf planet is more complex than thought.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto In Twilight
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image of Pluto, showing sunlight filtering through and illuminating the icy dwarf planet's complex atmospheric haze layers.
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NASA Probe Beams Best Close-Up Images Of Pluto
The most stunning and close-up images of Pluto's surface have been beamed back to Earth by NASA's New Horizons space probe.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Spots Pristine Water Ice on Pluto Moon Hydra
The Hydra spectrum is similar to that of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which is also dominated by crystalline water ice.
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NASA Scientists Reveal Pluto And Its Moons
NASA scientists associated with interplanetary space probe New Horizons have revealed the former "astronomer's planet" and its "intriguing system of small moons" in a comprehensive set of papers describing results from last summer's Pluto system flyby.
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Pluto's Largest Moon Likely Fractured By Sub-Surface Ocean: NASA
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.
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Nasa's New Horizon Probe Spots 'Icebergs' on Pluto
Nasa's New Horizon has captured nitrogen ice glaciers carrying an intriguing cargo - numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto's Blue Atmosphere In Infrared
NASA has released an image capturing the first look at Pluto's blue atmosphere in infrared wavelengths which was taken by its New Horizons spacecraft.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Captures Pluto's Blue Atmosphere in Infrared
In the image, sunlight is coming from above and behind Pluto while New Horizons was about 180,000 kilometres away.
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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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Researchers Unravel the Origin and Composition of Red Spot on Pluto’s Moon Charon
Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.
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NASA Space Probe Detects An 'Icy' Anomaly. Billion Kilometres Past Pluto
Just days ahead of its New Year's 2019 close encounter, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has detected an anomaly related to its next flyby target -- an icy world a billion kilometres past Pluto and more than 6.5 billion km from Earth.
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NASA's New Horizons Spots Kuiper Belt Object as Next Flyby Target From Over 160 Million Kilometres Away
The New Horizons probe is set to encounter the Kuiper Belt object - nicknamed Ultima Thule - on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, 2019.
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Pluto Has Windswept Dunes Even Though It Shouldn't Have Enough Wind To Sweep
By Earth's standards, you could hardly imagine a stranger world than frigid, tiny Pluto. It resides in the far corner of the solar system at an average of about 4 billion miles from the sun. NASA's New Horizons probe, which flew within 7,800 miles of the dwarf planet in July 2015, gave us the best look at Pluto yet. There, temperatures plunge to mi...
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NASA's New Horizons Spacecraft Set to Meet Next Flyby Target - a Kuiper Belt Object
It is heading towards its next target - 2014 MU69 - which is a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) and the probe will fly past it on January 1, 2019.
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NASA Probe Spots Possible Clouds On Pluto
NASA's New Horizons space probe has spotted possible clouds hovering over Pluto, indicating that the weather on the icy dwarf planet is more complex than thought.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto In Twilight
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has beamed back a stunning image of Pluto, showing sunlight filtering through and illuminating the icy dwarf planet's complex atmospheric haze layers.
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NASA Probe Beams Best Close-Up Images Of Pluto
The most stunning and close-up images of Pluto's surface have been beamed back to Earth by NASA's New Horizons space probe.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Spots Pristine Water Ice on Pluto Moon Hydra
The Hydra spectrum is similar to that of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, which is also dominated by crystalline water ice.
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NASA Scientists Reveal Pluto And Its Moons
NASA scientists associated with interplanetary space probe New Horizons have revealed the former "astronomer's planet" and its "intriguing system of small moons" in a comprehensive set of papers describing results from last summer's Pluto system flyby.
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Pluto's Largest Moon Likely Fractured By Sub-Surface Ocean: NASA
Images from the New Horizon space probe suggest that Pluto's moon Charon once had a sub-surface ocean that has since frozen and expanded, causing the surface to stretch and fracture, NASA said on Friday.
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Nasa's New Horizon Probe Spots 'Icebergs' on Pluto
Nasa's New Horizon has captured nitrogen ice glaciers carrying an intriguing cargo - numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice.
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NASA Probe Captures Pluto's Blue Atmosphere In Infrared
NASA has released an image capturing the first look at Pluto's blue atmosphere in infrared wavelengths which was taken by its New Horizons spacecraft.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Captures Pluto's Blue Atmosphere in Infrared
In the image, sunlight is coming from above and behind Pluto while New Horizons was about 180,000 kilometres away.
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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.
