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Something 'scary' went wrong with NASA's probe to Pluto
On July 4, NASA got an unexpected surprise: Its spacecraft, New Horizons, cut off communications with Earth as it was headed toward Pluto.New Horizons is scheduled to fly by Pluto on July 14 and use...
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The science community is rallying against recent claims that this comet has...
Despite claims this week that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko may hold alien life, mission scientists think it is unlikely.Scientists have dismissed claims that the Rosetta comet could harbour alien...
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Pluto is brighter this week than any other time of the year— here's how to...
This week is the best time of year to spot Pluto in the night sky with your telescope.That's because On Monday, July 6, Pluto reached opposition, meaning it appears opposite the sun in our sky. So,...
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The longest journey on Mars took 11 years, but it was worth it for this epic...
The Opportunity rover wouldn’t come close to placing in a marathon here on Earth.But it’s still managed to complete an impressive feat by traveling 26.2 miles in 11 years — a record time, by Mars’...
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The most detailed photo of Pluto reveals mysterious heart-shaped region that...
Pluto looks especially welcoming in a new photo by NASA's approaching New Horizons probe.The image, which New Horizons took yesterday (July 7) when it was less than 5 million miles (8 million...
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Pluto's discoverer's ashes will be the first human remains to leave the solar...
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is just days out from its historic flyby of Pluto, and it's carrying something oddly poetic on board.Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930. When he died 67...
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4 newest NASA astronauts who will spearhead America into the next-generation...
There's been a lot of buzz about NASA's goal to land the first humans on Mars by the 2030s, but who those people will be remained unknown.Now, the day has come for NASA to announce the members of its...
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Humans are about to get our first close-up of Pluto — here’s how far we’ve...
The world has been waiting nearly a decade for NASA's New Horizon's spacecraft to reach Pluto.Its mission: take the most detailed images of Pluto yet.Before New Horizons started snapping recent images,...
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NASA just released the 1st clear photo ever taken of Pluto and its largest moon
Right now a piano-sized spacecraft is barreling through space at over 3o,000 mph with an important destination: the dwarf planet Pluto and its system of five moons.On Wednesday, the NASA spacecraft,...
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Scientific investigation reveals that Clyde Tombaugh was not the first to...
If you ask Google "who discovered Pluto", it will tell you Clyde Tombaugh. And that is a lie.Sort of.Just weeks before New Horizon's highly anticipated flyby of the dwarf planet, researchers at the...
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Everything you need to know about NASA's epic mission to Pluto
In January 2006, NASA launched the fastest spacecraft in history toward the dwarf planet Pluto. Now the spacecraft — called New Horizons— is hastening toward its destination and is scheduled to make...
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The fastest spacecraft ever launched is about to give the world an...
Pluto, reveal thyself, and Earthlings, enjoy the show.On Tuesday, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past Pluto and present the previously unexplored world in all its icy glory.It promises to be...
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This 3D map shows every object orbiting earth
Ever since the Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 1 in 1957, the human race grew an immense infatuation with shooting just about anything it could into orbit of the Earth. Today, with nearly 60 years of...
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We're going to reach Pluto for the first time in history tomorrow — here's...
When it comes to landmark achievements in space exploration, tomorrow — July 14— will be a date for the history books as the day humanity reached Pluto for the first time.If everything goes according...
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Scientists are going nuts on Twitter days before we arrive at the last...
The countdown to our closest approach to Pluto has begun. In less than 24 hours, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will complete its 4.6 billion-mile journey to the distant, icy dwarf planet.Devoted fans...
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Here's everything you need to know about the Pluto mission in a minute
The world has been anxiously awaiting the finale of our first mission to Pluto. Ever. At 7:49 am EDT tomorrow morning, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will complete its nine-year, 4.6-billion-mile...
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NASA spacecraft solves 85-year-old debate on Pluto's size and reveals...
One million miles might sound like an long way, but for the NASA spacecraft on its way to Pluto it's the very last stretch of a much longer journey.On July 11, the spacecraft reached a milestone: only...
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11 mind-blowing facts about NASA's nuclear-powered mission to Pluto
On Tuesday, July 14, an epic once-in-a-lifetime event will take place: NASA will fly their spacecraft, New Horizons, by one of the last stops in our solar system: Pluto.New Horizons is the first...
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We’re so close to seeing Pluto up-close, but a single pebble could make...
If a spacecraft fatally collides with speeding debris billions of miles into space, would anyone hear the crash?No. But decades worth of science would be lost.Such is the fear of NASA's New Horizons...
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Humanity just visited Pluto for the 1st time
NASA scientists on Tuesday morning counted down the last few seconds remaining in their mission to Pluto — a mission that took 3,463 days, or about 9 1/2 years, to finally come to fruition.When the...
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