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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
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Nasa's New Horizons Spots Methane on Pluto's Snowcapped Peaks
The new images reveal a mountain range located in southeast Cthulhu that is 420km long.
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Methane Snow Discovered On Pluto's Peaks: NASA
NASA's New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic methane snowcapped mountains stretching across a dark expanse on Pluto.
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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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New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
The pictures provide a glimpse of the cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
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New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
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Mountains on Pluto Believed to be Ice Volcanoes, Scientists Say
Scientists have discovered what appear to be ice-spewing volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, raising questions about how the tiny, distant world has been so geologically active, according to research presented on Monday.
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First New Horizons Paper Reveals 'Fascinating' Pluto
Pluto is a "fascinating" world with a diverse range of landforms such as smooth plains, ice mountains and bladelike ridges, according to the first research paper from a flyby of the dwarf planet in July.
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Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
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Nasa's New Horizons Probe Shows Second Mountain Range in Pluto's Heart
The newly-discovered frozen peaks are estimated to be 1 to 1.5 kilometres high, about the same height as the Appalachian Mountains in the US.
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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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Pluto Has 11,000 Feet High, Young Ice Mountains: NASA
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which successfully made a historic flyby of Pluto, has discovered young ice mountains on the dwarf planet which are as high as 11,000 feet and about 100 million years old.
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Pluto Has the Youngest Surface in Our Solar System
NASA's New Horizons probe has discovered a stunning mountain range on Pluto with peaks jutting as high as 11,000 feet above the surface.
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Pluto Flyby Images Released by Nasa, Reveal Icy Mountain Ranges
Nasa said the findings suggest that Pluto is geologically active, and contains parts that are youthful in astronomical terms.
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Supervolcano Discovered On Pluto, Could Be Evidence Of Subsurface Ocean
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has captured images of Pluto, revealing a 44-kilometer-wide crater that displays indications of recent volcanic activity.
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Pluto Mountains Named After Tenzing Norgay, Edmund Hillary
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union, which for the first time, has officially approved the naming of 14 features on the icy dwarf planet.
-
Nasa's New Horizons Spots Methane on Pluto's Snowcapped Peaks
The new images reveal a mountain range located in southeast Cthulhu that is 420km long.
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Methane Snow Discovered On Pluto's Peaks: NASA
NASA's New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic methane snowcapped mountains stretching across a dark expanse on Pluto.
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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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New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
The pictures provide a glimpse of the cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
-
New Horizons Returns Pluto's Sharpest Images Ever
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever of cratered, mountainous and glacial terrains on Pluto and the best close-ups of the mysterious system that humans may see for decades.
-
Mountains on Pluto Believed to be Ice Volcanoes, Scientists Say
Scientists have discovered what appear to be ice-spewing volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, raising questions about how the tiny, distant world has been so geologically active, according to research presented on Monday.
-
First New Horizons Paper Reveals 'Fascinating' Pluto
Pluto is a "fascinating" world with a diverse range of landforms such as smooth plains, ice mountains and bladelike ridges, according to the first research paper from a flyby of the dwarf planet in July.
-
Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
-
Nasa's New Horizons Probe Shows Second Mountain Range in Pluto's Heart
The newly-discovered frozen peaks are estimated to be 1 to 1.5 kilometres high, about the same height as the Appalachian Mountains in the US.
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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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Pluto Has 11,000 Feet High, Young Ice Mountains: NASA
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which successfully made a historic flyby of Pluto, has discovered young ice mountains on the dwarf planet which are as high as 11,000 feet and about 100 million years old.
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Pluto Has the Youngest Surface in Our Solar System
NASA's New Horizons probe has discovered a stunning mountain range on Pluto with peaks jutting as high as 11,000 feet above the surface.
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Pluto Flyby Images Released by Nasa, Reveal Icy Mountain Ranges
Nasa said the findings suggest that Pluto is geologically active, and contains parts that are youthful in astronomical terms.
