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Unprecedented View: New Horizons Spacecraft Spies Distant Alien Sky
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June 13, 2020
Unprecedented View: New Horizons Spacecraft Spies Distant Alien Sky
For the first time in the history of space exploration, a spacecraft has sent pack images of a distant sky…
Check Out 11 Stunning Close-Up Images of Pluto Taken By NASA’s New Horizon Spacecraft
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May 13, 2020
Check Out 11 Stunning Close-Up Images of Pluto Taken By NASA’s New Horizon Spacecraft
In 2016, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made history after it flew past Pluto, our solar system’s former planet, now a…
NASA To Announce “Fascinating Moon Discovery” This Monday
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October 23, 2020
NASA To Announce “Fascinating Moon Discovery” This Monday
Humankind has looked towards the Moon since time immemorial. Our ancestors have looked to the stars and the Moon in…
Incredible Resemblance: Snow-Capped Mountains On Pluto Resembles Those on Earth
Curious Cosmic Places
October 14, 2020
Incredible Resemblance: Snow-Capped Mountains On Pluto Resembles Those on Earth
Pluto is really an amazing place. Although no longer classified as a planet, Pluto remains one of the solar system’s…
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “Dwarf Planet” Pluto
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October 13, 2020
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About “Dwarf Planet” Pluto
Pluto is considered as the largest dwarf planet in our solar system. Moreover, it’s one of the members of the…
A Cosmic Painting: Check Out This Stunning View of Cyclones on Jupiter’s North Pole
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September 24, 2020
A Cosmic Painting: Check Out This Stunning View of Cyclones on Jupiter’s North Pole
The more we explore the solar system, the more we uncover its many wonders. Our cosmic neighborhood is a wonderful,…
15 Things You Should Know About Voyager 1, Mankind’s First Interstellar Spaceship
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September 9, 2020
15 Things You Should Know About Voyager 1, Mankind’s First Interstellar Spaceship
There a spacecraft so far away in space it has become the first humanmade object to reach interstellar space. It…
Dwarf Pluto Likely Started Out as a Warm Planet With Vast Oceans
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June 23, 2020
Dwarf Pluto Likely Started Out as a Warm Planet With Vast Oceans
Until now, and mostly due to its location so far from the Sun, scientists thought that the origin of the…
Distant Moon Detected in the Outer Solar System; Here’s What You Should Know
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May 25, 2020
Distant Moon Detected in the Outer Solar System; Here’s What You Should Know
Astronomers have likely detected the existence of a distant moon closely orbiting a dwarf planet called 2002 TC302 in the…
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
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May 15, 2020
Alien Contamination? NASA Expert Warns of Alien Viruses That Could Reach Earth in Future Space Missions
While attention on Earth is focused on containing the coronavirus pandemic, a NASA researcher and ex-collaborator has expressed concern about…
5 Close-Up Images of Pluto’s Surface You Won’t Believe Are Real
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May 14, 2020
5 Close-Up Images of Pluto’s Surface You Won’t Believe Are Real
Pluto, designated (134340) Pluto, is a dwarf planet in the solar system following Neptune’s orbit. It comes from the Roman…
Ninety years Since Pluto Was Officially Named: Here’s What You Should Know
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May 2, 2020
Ninety years Since Pluto Was Officially Named: Here’s What You Should Know
This May 1 marks 90 years since the now dwarf planet Pluto received its own name. This remote body of…
There Is Evidence That Pluto Has a Vast Ocean Under Its Crust
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April 3, 2020
There Is Evidence That Pluto Has a Vast Ocean Under Its Crust
In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zoomed past Pluto making its way towards the Oort cloud. As it passed next…
From Volcanoes on Mars to Scarps on Mercury – How Places on Other Worlds Get Their Names
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January 26, 2019
From Volcanoes on Mars to Scarps on Mercury – How Places on Other Worlds Get Their Names
The New Horizons spacecraft, which flew past Pluto in 2015, successfully completed a flyby of “Ultima Thule”, an object in the Kuiper belt of bodies beyond Neptune on…
Triple Crater on Mars’ Ancient Highlands Could Help Prove Red Planet Was Habitable
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October 31, 2020
Triple Crater on Mars’ Ancient Highlands Could Help Prove Red Planet Was Habitable
Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun and the closest thing to Earth in our solar system, is a world…
3 Strange Objects in the Solar System That You Probably Never Heard About Before
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August 13, 2020
3 Strange Objects in the Solar System That You Probably Never Heard About Before
If we say that Earth is our home, then the solar system is our neighborhood. As far as exploration, humankind…