Science and reality
A new estimate using New Horizons data shows that the dwarf planet has a lot more water ice than previously thought.
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After 10 years and three trillion miles, Pluto's biggest scientific booster is on top of the world---er, dwarf planet.
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Last week, NASA released the highest res photos of Pluto that New Horizons can get. This week, it's done it again—but in color.
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These images—the first in a series of high-res shots NASA will release in the coming weeks—are the sharpest humans will ever see of Pluto's surface.
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New Horizons found the dwarf planet's very own Mordor.
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New Horizons' earthbound navigators need to steer the craft to a near collision course with the Kuiper belt object 2014 MU69.
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New Horizons picked up a strange spectral signature from a crater named after a famed extraterrestrial princess.
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It's been three months since New Horizons flew through the Pluto system, and the science it sent back finally went through peer review.
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NASA's New Horizons mission keeps sending home the hits. This week: blue skies and frozen water!
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NASA released the highest-res images of Charon yet and hot dang are they gorgeous.
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