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OTD In Space – January 19: New Horizons Launched
NASA launched a spacecraft to Pluto! New Horizons is a spacecraft about the size of a grand piano, and it became the first ...
Pluto’s Weirdly Big Moon May Have Come From A ‘Kiss And Capture’
Pluto's big moon Charon may have a different origin story than scientists suspected. New research suggests the two bodies ...
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NASA wants you to celebrate New Years with its New Horizons space probe
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been speeding through space since early 2006 and it’s about to make what might be its most interesting flyby to date. After speeding past Jupiter and Pluto ...
How Pluto and Charon Were Born From a Giant Collision
Recent simulations link the creation of Pluto and its moon Charon to a colossal impact, akin to the Earth-Moon origin, ...
As the US and China race to the moon, these loopholes in space law could cause conflict
Outer space is infinite, but that hasn't stopped humans trying to impose their laws on it. There are more ways for people to ...
The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds
Using computer models, researchers studying Pluto and its moon, Charon, have discovered an unforeseen kind of cosmic ...
How did Pluto’s large moon Charon form? With a ‘kiss,’ scientists say
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...
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NASA's New Horizons releases first images of entire new world
LOS ANGELES: Scientists from NASA's New Horizons mission on Wednesday released the first detailed images of the most distant object ever explored - the Kuiper Belt object nicknamed Ultima Thule, ...
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These space missions will take off in 2025
Here's a look at the most exciting missions planned for the coming year, which will expand humanity's horizons even further, from the moon and Mars to asteroids and beyond: NASA's Commercial Lunar ...