News tagged with pluto
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MSU spacecraft activity now available online for teachers
A NASA activity developed by Montana State University science educators for teachers is now available free online.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 09, 2011 |
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Recent news on the debate over Pluto's planethood
Earlier this month, Eris -- the distant world first discovered by Caltech's Mike Brown and colleagues back in 2005, paving the way for the eventual demotion of Pluto from planet to dwarf planet -- passed fortuitously ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Hubble harvests distant solar system objects
Beyond the orbit of Neptune reside countless icy rocks known as trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs). One of the biggest, Pluto, is classified as a dwarf planet. The region also supplies us with comets such as famous ...
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Halfway to Pluto, New Horizons Wakes Up in 'Exotic Territory'
Zipping through space at nearly a million miles per day, NASA's New Horizons probe is halfway to Pluto and just woke up for the first time in months to look around.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 18, 2010 |
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New Hubble Maps of Pluto Show Surface Changes (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today released the most detailed set of images ever taken of the distant dwarf planet Pluto. The images taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show an icy and dark molasses-colored, mottled ...
Feb 04, 2010 |
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New Horizons Crosses a Threshold: Closer to Pluto than Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new year approaches with New Horizons zooming past another milestone: the NASA spacecraft is now closer to target planet Pluto than its home planet, Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 30, 2009 |
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Scientists complete first geological global map of Jupiter's satellite Ganymede
Scientists have assembled the first global geological map of the Solar System’s largest moon - and in doing so have gathered new evidence into the formation of the large, icy satellite.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 16, 2009 |
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The lower atmosphere of Pluto revealed
(PhysOrg.com) -- "With lots of methane in the atmosphere, it becomes clear why Pluto's atmosphere is so warm," says Emmanuel Lellouch, lead author of the paper reporting the results.
Mar 02, 2009 |
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