The reason Pluto lost its planet status is not valid, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science
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Mountains on Pluto believed to be ice volcanoes, scientists say
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Scientists have discovered what appear to be ice-spewing volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, raising questions about how the tiny, distant world has been so …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Scientists puzzle over Pluto’s polygons
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•NEW YORK (Reuters) – New pictures relayed by the first spacecraft to visit distant Pluto show odd polygon-shaped features and smooth hills in an crater-free plain, indications that the icy …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home
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•LAUREL, Md. (Reuters) – A U.S. spacecraft sailed past the tiny planet Pluto in the distant reaches of the solar system on Tuesday, capping a journey of 3 billion miles …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Australian tracking station to get first new images of Pluto
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•SYDNEY (Reuters) – A space tracking station surrounded by cows in an Australian valley will on Tuesday become the first place in the world to get close-up images of Pluto, …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Spotted face of distant Pluto coming into focus
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla (Reuters) – NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is closing fast on an unexpectedly spotted Pluto, the most distant planetary body ever explored. …read more Source:: UKScienceNews
Study shows Pluto’s moons in chaos
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•CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) – Pluto’s outer moons are continuously toppled and turned as they battle the joint gravitational forces of their parent planet and its primary moon Charon, a …read more Source:: UKScienceNews