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Surprising frozen plains in Pluto’s heart
The latest data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveals a vast, craterless plain apparently no more than 100 million years old.
July 17, 2015
This date in science: America and Russia meet in space
On July 17, 1975, a famous first handshake between nations in space.
July 17, 2015
New Horizons spacecraft sweeps past Pluto
New Horizons is alive and well and beyond the Pluto system. On Wednesday, scientists began releasing close-up images of geology on this distant ice world.
July 15, 2015
Charon’s surface youthful and varied
Pluto’s largest moon Charon has cliffs, troughs and a dark marking at its north pole, nicknamed 'Mordor' by New Horizons scientists.
July 15, 2015
Astronomers find Jupiter and sun twins
The most accurate analog ever found for our sun and and its largest planet, Jupiter. Could there be another Earth in this system, too?
July 15, 2015
Wonderful image! Saturn and moon Titan
Titan may be a large moon - its name even implies it - but it's still dwarfed by its parent planet, Saturn. Beautiful image from the Cassini spacecraft.
July 15, 2015
Dark matter bridge in cosmic neighborhood
Astronomers see a bridge of dark matter stretching from our Local Group to the Virgo galaxy cluster. It's bound on each side by vast bubbles devoid of galaxies.
July 14, 2015
Tracking station in Australia to receive first Pluto images
New Horizons' data will take 4.5 hours to reach Earth. The radio signals will be weak, practically whispers. Afterwards, New Horizons data is expected to take up to a year to transmit fully back to Earth.
July 14, 2015
Pluto’s time to shine
Guide and timetable to this week's exciting events as New Horizons spacecraft encounters Pluto! Countdown on NASA TV begins 7:30 EDT (11:30 UTC) Tuesday.
July 14, 2015
The women of New Horizons’ Pluto flyby
Women make up 25 percent of the New Horizons flyby team. Science team leader Fran Bagenal said, “This isn’t remarkable - it’s just how it is.”
July 14, 2015
