new horizons
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Pluto’s Neighborhood May Extend Billions of Miles Farther Into Space Than We Thought
While journeying through the far reaches of the solar system, the New Horizons probe picked up a dusty trail of icy fragments that may indicate that the Kuiper Belt—home to former planet Pluto and countless other objects—is way bigger than we thought. New observations from the NASA mission suggest that the massive donut-shaped outer zone…
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NASA’s CAPSTONE Finally Phoned Home After Nerve-Wracking Silence
After going MIA for nearly 24 hours, NASA’s CAPSTONE probe finally reestablished contact with ground controllers.
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What Astronomers Thought Pluto Looked Like Before They Saw It Up Close
It’s been 91 years since amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh first spotted Pluto on a set of glass negatives. Since then, the object has been declared a planet, named, and, of course, demoted to a dwarf planet in 2006. Whatever its status, our fascination with Pluto has held fast. But until very recently, we didn’t have…
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NASA’s New Horizons Probe Is So Far Away, It Now Sees Stars in Different Positions Than We Do
A NASA parallax experiment involving New Horizons shows the probe now sees some stars in slightly different positions than we do on Earth, revealing just how far the spacecraft is from home.