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NASA SEEKS NICKNAME FOR TINY, ICY WORLD ON SOLAR SYSTEM'S EDGE


NASA seeks nickname for tiny, icy world on solar system's edge... READ MORE

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HELP NASA NAME A DISTANT WORLD IN KUIPER BELT


On New Year's Day 2019, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will fly past a small, frozen object in the Kuiper Belt... READ MORE

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IMAGES REVEAL ICE MOUNTAINS ON PLUTO


Pluto has mountains made of ice that are as high as those in the Rockies images from the New Horizons probe reveal... READ MORE

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EYES ON PLUTO FOR HISTORIC ENCOUNTER


New horizons probe eyes pluto for historic encounter... READ MORE

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WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR?


New Horizons has provided more accurate information on the size and scope of Pluto... READ MORE

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NASA PLUTO PICTURES REVEAL DWARF PLANET'S DIVERSE LANDSCAPE


Mosaic of high-resolution images of Pluto, sent back from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft... READ MORE

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SEVEN-YEAR-OLD COLOMBIAN GIRL SURVIVES 18 DAYS IN THE JUNGLE


Video Seven-year-old Colombian girl survives 18 days in the jungle... READ MORE

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CRATER-LESS PLUTO'S ICY PEAKS HIGH AS ROCKIES, CHARON'S CANYONS DEEPER THAN EARTH'S


New Horizons already is 1 million miles 1.61 million km beyond the dwarf planet, and 3 billion miles 4.83 million km from Earth... READ MORE

16th July, 2015 46

STARGAZERS STUNNED BY PLUTO ICE, TERRAIN, SURFACE'S COLOR EXTRAVAGANZA


WASHINGTON - Pluto contains a rich variety of colors on its surface, according to observations out Thursday from NASA's New Horizons probe that stunned astronomers... READ MORE

16th October, 2015 43

PLUTO LAND OF HAZY BLUE SKIES, RED ICE, CONSTANT TWILIGHT, NASA PROBE FINDS


NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto's blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July... READ MORE

8th October, 2015 42

NASA SPACECRAFT SET TO PULL BACK CURTAIN ON DWARF PLANET PLUTO


When New Horizons rocketed away from Cape Canaveral on Jan. 19, 2006, Pluto was the ninth planet in our solar system... READ MORE

13th July, 2015 37

NASA SPACECRAFT MAKES HISTORIC FLYBY OF PLUTO


The New Horizons mission launched in 2006, the same year that Pluto was downgraded to dwarf planet status due to the celestial body's small size... READ MORE

14th July, 2015 37

CONDITIONS ON PLUTO INCREDIBLY HAZY WITH FLOWING ICE


NASA's New Horizons spacecraft now 7.5 million miles beyond Pluto has detected layers of haze stretching 100 miles 160 kilometers into the atmosphere much higher than anticipated... READ MORE

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IF MISSION GETS EXTENDED, NEW HORIZONS WILL BOLDLY VENTURE BEYOND PLUTO


Just seven months after New Horizons rocketed away from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 2006, the International Astronomical Union declassified Pluto as the ninth planet for technical reasons... READ MORE

14th July, 2015 31

SCIENTISTS PUZZLE OVER SMOOTH YOUNG PLAINS ON PLUTO


New Horizons' science team said Friday that data from the probe will allow them to produce elevation maps of both Pluto and Charon... READ MORE

18th July, 2015 30

DATA FROM PLUTO AND ITS MOON REVEAL STRANGE NEW WORLDS TO SCIENTISTS


After looking at just 1 per cent of Pluto's surface the scientists found mountains of ice towering 3350 metres above the dwarf planet... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 28

GLITCH CAUSES NASA TO BRIEFLY LOSE TOUCH WITH PLUTO PROBE


Alan Stern, principal investigator for New Horizons, said two and a half days of science were lost -- half Saturday, all day Sunday and Monday... READ MORE

6th July, 2015 19

NASA PLUTO FLYBY LOOKS TO BE NAIL-BITER, WITH SLIGHT DEBRIS STRIKE THREAT


But there were some jitters Monday as the 700 million spacecraft called New Horizons sped toward Pluto the last undiscovered frontier in the solar system... READ MORE

13th July, 2015 14

BURIED BELOW PLUTO'S SURFACE A SLUSHY SEA BIGGER THAN ALL THE WATER ON EARTH


New Horizons is on its way to another frozen world in the Kuiper Belt region of the solar system about 1 billion miles 1.6 billion km past Pluto... READ MORE

17th November, 2016 7

NASA SPACECRAFT MIDWAY BETWEEN PLUTO, TINY NEXT STOP BILLION MILES FARTHER


CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is now halfway between Pluto and its next much, much smaller stop... READ MORE

5th April, 2017 7

DATA FROM PLUTO AND ITS MOON REVEAL STRANGE NEW WORLDS TO SCIENTISTS


After looking at just 1 per cent of Pluto's surface the scientists found mountains of ice towering 3350 metres above the dwarf planet... READ MORE

19th July, 2015 6

PRESIDENT'S SON IN RALLY BAN PLEA


Watch after 3 billion miles nasa's pluto probe discovers new horizons... READ MORE

8th December, 2014 5

WATCH AFTER 3 BILLION MILES NASA S PLUTO PROBE DISCOVERS NEW HORIZONS


High Court judge Jeanette Traverso said she had found Shrien Dewani not guilty of murder after concluding that the prosecution's case did not have sufficient evidence... READ MORE

8th December, 2014 4

NEW HORIZONS' PLUTO FLYBY SPAWNS SEVERAL STUDIES, EACH HIGHLIGHTING THE TINY WORLD'S COMPLEXITY


It turns out that Pluto's upper atmosphere is much colder -- by about 70 degrees Fahrenheit -- than previous, Earth-based studies had indicated... READ MORE

18th March, 2016 3

MASSIVE FIRE BREAKS OUT IN LOS ANGELES


About three hours later, a fire was reported at a mixed-use building two miles to the west. About 100 firefighters are on that scene... READ MORE

8th December, 2014 2

NEWEST PLUTO PICS SHOW DAY IN LIFE OF DWARF PLANET


The New Horizons spacecraft snapped the pictures as it zoomed past Pluto in an unprecedented flyby in July... READ MORE

21st November, 2015 1

TINY PLUTO SPORTS BIG MOUNTAINS NEW HORIZONS FINDS


- The first close-up views of Pluto show mountains made of ice and a surprisingly young crater-free surface scientists with NASA's New Horizons mission said on Wednesday... READ MORE

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