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"Planetary Besties": NASA Shares Pic Of Pluto's Largest Moon Charon
In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.
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NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
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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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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Many Planets and Moons of Our Solar System
"We've added Pluto, Venus, and several other moons for a total of 12 new worlds for you to explore," Marquardt added.
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Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
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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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Watch a Day as It Unfolds on Pluto, Its Moon Charon
NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Reveals Last of Pluto's Moons
Kerberos appears to have a double-lobed shape, around 12km in its long dimension and 4.5km in its shortest dimension.
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NASA Unveils Stunning Mosaics of Pluto
NASA has unveiled stunning mosaics of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, representing the global response to its popular "#PlutoTime" social media campaign.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Suffers Glitch on Approach to Pluto
The probe has been barreling toward the dwarf planet and its primary moon, Charon, since January 2006.
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Astronomers Describe the Chaotic Dance and Planetlike System of Pluto's Moons
"It just shows the universe is a really complex and wonderful place," said Kenyon in an accompanying commentary in Nature.
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Study Shows Pluto's Moons in Chaos
Pluto's outer moons are continuously toppled and turned as they battle the joint gravitational forces of their parent planet and its primary moon Charon, a study published on Wednesday showed.
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NASA Probe Beams Back Its First Colour Image of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first colour image of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon, after more than nine years of travelling through the solar system.
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Does Ocean on Pluto's Giant Moon Harbour Life?
Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gears up to visit Pluto and its giant moon Charon next year, researchers predicted different fracture patterns on the surface of Charon that could point towards underground liquid water - a necessary ingredient for life.
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"Planetary Besties": NASA Shares Pic Of Pluto's Largest Moon Charon
In its recent post, US space agency NASA shared a picture of planetary besties Charon and Pluto, the two dwarf planet systems.
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NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
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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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What’s It Like to Be on Venus or Pluto? We Studied Their Sand Dunes and Found Some Clues
A new study has explained how sand dunes can provide insight into weather and conditions one might experience while standing on a far-off planetary body. For dunes to exist, planets should pass a pair of “Goldilocks” criteria. The presence of such dunes on Venus, Earth, Mars, Titan, Triton (Neptune’s largest moon) and Pluto have given new hop...
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Google Maps Now Lets You Explore Many Planets and Moons of Our Solar System
"We've added Pluto, Venus, and several other moons for a total of 12 new worlds for you to explore," Marquardt added.
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Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
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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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Watch a Day as It Unfolds on Pluto, Its Moon Charon
NASA's New Horizons probe has captured some stunning images of how the day progresses on Pluto and its largest moon Charon.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Reveals Last of Pluto's Moons
Kerberos appears to have a double-lobed shape, around 12km in its long dimension and 4.5km in its shortest dimension.
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NASA Unveils Stunning Mosaics of Pluto
NASA has unveiled stunning mosaics of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, representing the global response to its popular "#PlutoTime" social media campaign.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Suffers Glitch on Approach to Pluto
The probe has been barreling toward the dwarf planet and its primary moon, Charon, since January 2006.
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Astronomers Describe the Chaotic Dance and Planetlike System of Pluto's Moons
"It just shows the universe is a really complex and wonderful place," said Kenyon in an accompanying commentary in Nature.
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Study Shows Pluto's Moons in Chaos
Pluto's outer moons are continuously toppled and turned as they battle the joint gravitational forces of their parent planet and its primary moon Charon, a study published on Wednesday showed.
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NASA Probe Beams Back Its First Colour Image of Pluto
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has sent back its first colour image of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon, after more than nine years of travelling through the solar system.
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Does Ocean on Pluto's Giant Moon Harbour Life?
Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gears up to visit Pluto and its giant moon Charon next year, researchers predicted different fracture patterns on the surface of Charon that could point towards underground liquid water - a necessary ingredient for life.
