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New Horizons Mission Finds Hint of Clouds on Pluto
| Phenny Lynn Palec | | Oct 19, 2016 10:50 AM EDT |
The New Horizons spacecraft has almost completed its 16-month dispatches, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration scientists revealed on Tuesday.
Pluto Tail UNVEILED By New Horizons Data; More Captivating Details Of The Enigmatic Dwarf Planet REVEALED
| Staff Reporter | | Jul 20, 2015 07:54 PM EDT |
Pluto has blown the minds of scientists this week as NASA's New Horizons team revealed new findings about the dwarf planet. The recent findings includes a close-up of a vast crack, an icy plain and the discovery of a tail that is caused by the planet's escaping atmosphere, The Christian Science Monitor reported.
New Horizons Next Destination: NASA’s Piano-Sized Spacecraft To Explore Stranger Worlds After Pluto’s Flyby Success
| KJ Belonio | | Jul 18, 2015 08:26 AM EDT |
Following the success of NASA’s New Horizons Pluto flyby mission, many are now wondering where its next destination will be. While Earth finally had a glimpse of its far-flung cosmic cousin Pluto, the vast celestial ocean of the solar system remains to be clandestine.
Pluto Flyby UPDATE: Can New Horizons Spacecraft Accomplish Mission To Pluto, Charon?
| KJ Belonio | | Jul 14, 2015 06:45 AM EDT |
After 9 years and 3 billion miles, Earth will finally have a glimpse of its far-flung cosmic cousin. While so many questions are still left unanswered about the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will gather some data and explore the enigmatic dwarf planet Pluto and its surroundings.
Pluto Mission Gone Wrong? NASA Detects Glitch In Unmanned Spacecraft
| KJ Belonio | | Jul 08, 2015 06:40 PM EDT |
On Monday, NASA announced that they had detected the glitch, which caused the temporary loss of contact with the unmanned spacecraft on its way to Pluto, during the Fourth of July holiday. According to The Sun Daily, scientists were baffled as they tried to figure out what had gone wrong onboard the New Horizons spacecraft, which was almost 4.8 billion kilometers away from the Earth.
NASA's Probe Captures Entire Plutonic System; Pluto's Five Moons Chron, Hydra, Nix, Kerberos and Styx Captured in Detail
| Aishwarya Bhatt | | May 15, 2015 08:29 AM EDT |
Pluto has long been a mystery to astronomers. However, the New Horizons probe launched by NASA has finally succeeded in capturing the entire Plutonic system with the dwarf planet being revolved about by its five characteristic moons. Though Charon, Hydra and Nix were captured in the past, it is the first time that the dwarf planet's dwarf and faintest satellites namely Kerberos and Styx have been captured by the space agency.
New Horizons Probe's First Encounter with Pluto set for Jan. 15
| Ana Verayo | | Jan 06, 2015 08:22 AM EST |
New Horizons probe wakes-up from a nine-year journey across the solar system.
New Horizons Spacecraft Almost Near Pluto; Hubble Finds Kuiper Belt Objects to Study
| Ana Verayo | | Oct 17, 2014 09:35 AM EDT |
As the New Horizons spacecraft edges closer to Pluto, it will also study three icy objects found in the Kuiper Belt region.
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