A new mission to Pluto could answer the questions raised by New Horizons
Pluto may have been downgraded from full-planet status, but that doesn't mean it doesn't hold a special place in scientist's ...
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What did NASA's New Horizons discover around Pluto
What did NASA’s New Horizons find around Pluto? This groundbreaking mission unveiled a world of surprisWhat did NASA’s New ...
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Why is Pluto not considered a planet?
Pluto's demotion remains controversial for some scientists, though, in part because of the way it was reclassified. Philip ...
5 breathtaking photos of dwarf planet Pluto captured by NASA
Mapping Pluto Broken Heart | This image was taken by the New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on the morning ...
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Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe team up to image Uranus
Two NASA spacecraft have teamed up to capture direct images of Uranus. The Hubble Space Telescope and the New Horizons Pluto ...
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The Seven Most Amazing Discoveries We’ve Made About Pluto
Though technically not a planet, it has as rich geology as any of its planetary siblings in the solar system A color-enhanced photo of Pluto that was captured by the New Horizons spacecraft in ...
Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One ...
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The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet?
Astronomers were comfortable with those classifications even when Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. But that new planet was a stretch — it had a really wonky orbit and was far smaller ...
5 clearest photos of dwarf planet Pluto captured by NASA
The changing faces of Pluto| The predominant color of Pluto's surface is thought to result from ultraviolet radiation from the distant Sun breaking down methane on the planet's surface, leaving a dark ...