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Pluto's Icy Heart Is Still 'Beating' Like A 'Cosmic Lava Lamp'
This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.
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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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US Honours Pluto's Historic Flyby With Postal Stamps
The 2016 stamp series also has eight new colourful Forever stamps of Nasa images of solar system planets.
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Planetoid Beyond Pluto New Horizons' Next Destination
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons spacecraft after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system - a planetoid that lies nearly a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet.
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NASA Counts Down to Nail-Biter Pluto Flyby
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is hurtling into the unknown, and Tuesday will make a close shave past Pluto, allowing scientists a close glimpse of the dwarf planet's surface for the first time.
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Pluto's Icy Heart Is Still 'Beating' Like A 'Cosmic Lava Lamp'
This time last year, space enthusiasts all over the world were eagerly awaiting photos of Pluto. As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft zipped toward its July 2015 flyby of the Pluto system, every image it sent home was the best, clearest image we'd ever seen.
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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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US Honours Pluto's Historic Flyby With Postal Stamps
The 2016 stamp series also has eight new colourful Forever stamps of Nasa images of solar system planets.
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Planetoid Beyond Pluto New Horizons' Next Destination
NASA has selected the potential next destination for the New Horizons spacecraft after its historic July 14 flyby of the Pluto system - a planetoid that lies nearly a billion miles beyond the dwarf planet.
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NASA Counts Down to Nail-Biter Pluto Flyby
An unmanned NASA spacecraft is hurtling into the unknown, and Tuesday will make a close shave past Pluto, allowing scientists a close glimpse of the dwarf planet's surface for the first time.
