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Detecting hills 'drifting' on Pluto's nitrogen glacier
NASA has just announced the discovery of hills floating on a nitrogen glacier at Pluto's surface. Images provided by New Horizon explorer ship to Earth.
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Evidence of the 9th planet of the Solar System
Astronomers at the California Institute of Technology announced the discovery of credible evidence of the 9th planet of the Solar System.
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The largest volcano outside the solar system
The 150km volcano on Pluto may be the largest volcano on the outer rim of the solar system.
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Extremely rare photo of Pluto wearing a rainbow shirt
Leisa infrared detector of the US Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) has just caught Pluto staring on him with a layer of rainbow clothes.
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NASA announces the latest proof of life on Pluto?
New Horizons spacecraft from NASA has just returned to Earth with the latest image of the surface of the Pluto causing a stir in the scientific world.
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Discover volcanoes erupting ice on Pluto
NASA research shows that Pluto may exist giant volcanoes that can spray ice instead of lava as usual.
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Minor Pluto - The celestial body farthest from the solar system
Astronomers discovered that the new dwarf planet is about half the size of Pluto in the furthest part of the solar system.
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10 photos showing the vastness of the universe
If someone tells you that the universe is very large. Ask him again: How big is it? That is a question that makes anyone hard-spoken. You can only imagine the greatness…
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Scientific research on the mission to discover Pluto
Three months after the last meeting of the New Horizons mission, scientists from NASA finally revealed details about what they found on the dwarf planet.
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First capture the smallest moon image of Pluto
The image of the New Horizons probe of NASA's Aerospace Agency (NASA) shows that the Kerberos moon has a reflective surface, as opposed to previous scientific prediction…
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Pluto has 'blue sky' and ice water
NASA experts were surprised to find out that Pluto's atmospheric cloudy sky is blue.
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The harshest places in the Solar System
The vast solar system hides undiscovered things, especially its harshness, from storms with wind speeds of thousands of kilometers per hour, to geographic regions with t…
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NASA continues to publish more new photos of Pluto
The US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has just announced the latest images taken from the New Horizons spacecraft that are being sent in the exploration mission at Pluto.
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After the Pluto, where will NASA drive New Horizons?
NASA will begin implementing the diversion direction of New Horizons in October. It will turn to PT1 at a distance of 4 billion miles from Earth.
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Russia plans to bring people back to the Moon
The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos is planning to build a high-tech base on the moon starting in 2024.