New Horizons

Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft against deep space. More than 7.3 billion kilometers from Earth, the spacecraft sees areas of the universe that would otherwise be too dim. Credit: NASA, APL, SwRI, Serge Brunier (ESO ), Marc Postman (STScI), Dan Durda.

Exploring the Dark Universe: Breakthroughs from NASA's New Horizons Deep Space Probe

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Close-up of Arrokoth by New Horizons. You can see that the "snowman" consists of two separate objects connected by a thin neck. An accidental collision of two such objects would shatter them rather than join them; The new study explains how the said connection was made. Photo courtesy of NASA

The birth of the "snowman" at the edge of the solar system

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A short passage that should reveal an unknown celestial gram. New Horizons visualization near Thule Ultima (not to scale) | Source: NASA

Three and a half years after Pluto, New Horizons flew past Thule Ultima in the Kuiper belt

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These dark, narrow channels called (SRL) recurring slope lineae emanate from the walls of Garni Crater on Mars. The dark channels here reach a length of hundreds of meters. It is hypothesized that they were formed by the flow of brackish water on Mars, as photographed by the MRO spacecraft. Credits: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

2015 in space part I: scientific discoveries, historical achievements

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Mountains and plains on Pluto as photographed about 15 minutes before the great approach, plus a color photograph of the same area at a lower resolution (due to the distance from which it was photographed) allow a glimpse of the spectacular views. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Pluto: first color images

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To the right, east of Sputnik, the plain is cut by what appear to be glaciers, the sunlight illuminating the area from behind highlights over a dozen layers of haze in the thin but inflated atmosphere. The photo was taken from a distance of about 18 thousand kilometers and the width of the photographed area is 1,250 kilometers. Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Pluto continues to surprise and show similarities to Earth

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In the center of the image, to the left of Pluto's huge route that resembles a heart shape, lies the Tombo area (named after Pluto's discoverer). It is a vast craterless plain that appears to be at most a hundred million years old and may still be shaped by geological processes. This icy region north of Pluto's ice mountains has been named the Sputnik Plain in honor of the first artificial satellite. The surface appears divided into irregular shaped segments surrounded by narrow rings. In addition, there are groups of mounds and fields of small pits in this area. This image was taken by the LORRI camera on July 14 from a distance of 77,000 kilometers. Details smaller than a kilometer can be seen. Some of my areas look raw due to the image compression. Photo: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI

New Horizons photographed the icy plains inside Pluto's "heart"

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A mountain in a depression on Charon, Pluto's large moon. Photo: NASA-JHUAPL-SwR

Another New Horizons surprise from the Pluto system: a mountain surrounded by a canal in Charon

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High mountains near Pluto's equator as captured by the New Horizons spacecraft cameras. Photo: NASA SwRI

Surprising discovery: New Horizons photographed young mountains on Pluto and Charon

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New Horizons "phoned home" to announce that it survived the transit near Pluto * The photos will arrive in a trickle over the next year and a half

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The dwarf planet Pluto (on the left) and its moons as a coffin in artificial colors that emphasize the differences in the route of the terrain and the composition of the materials on their surfaces. Photographed in three color filters by the Ralph instrument aboard the New Horizons spacecraft, July 13, 2015.

Images of Pluto and Charon taken by New Horizons in artificial colors highlight the enormous variety of terrain trajectory on these two worlds

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The brave new worlds Pluto and Charon are in the focus of the field of view of the LORRI camera on the New Horizons spacecraft. Photo: NASA TV

New Horizons revealed: Pluto's diameter is 2,370 km

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Did they come from one source? The surface of Pluto and in the background its large moon, Charon. Image: NASA

Pluto - a point of light in the darkness

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Discoverer of Pluto, the girl who gave him his name and the actor Leonard Nimoy will be commemorated on Pluto and Charon

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New Horizons' latest look at the side of Pluto facing Charon reveals interesting geological details of interest to mission scientists. The images taken on the morning of July 11th show straight formations that are the first time they have been seen above the equatorial region, in the form of interlocking polygons. The image was taken when the spacecraft was 4 million kilometers away from Pluto. Photo: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

New Horizons approaches Pluto - photographed the enigmatic dark spots

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The New Horizons spacecraft against the background of the planet Pluto. Image: NASA

A historic meeting

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Interesting hints of Pluto's geology are revealed in this image taken by the New Horizons spacecraft on July 9, 2015 from a distance of 5.4 million kilometers from here. This annotated version of the image shows a large dark formation known as "The Whale" located on Pluto's equator, with a narrow band and elaborate polygons. In the lower part of the image is a photograph of Pluto, in which the area covered by the camera is highlighted, with the equator and the main longitude marked in bold. Photo: NASA-JHUAPL-SWRI

A whale on Pluto

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Color image of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft cameras, 6/7/15. In the picture you can see the mysterious dark spots. Photo: NASA

NASA: The New Horizons spacecraft is back to full functionality after the computer went into safe mode on Saturday

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This image taken on June 29, 2015 shows the large feature - most likely a crater on the underside of Pluto (the larger object). Charon also shows dark formations. The diameter of Pluto is 2,367 kilometers - about a thousand kilometers less than the Earth's moon. Charon's diameter is about 1,200 km. Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Two weeks left for the New Horizons transit near Pluto

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An illustration of Pluto based on data sent by the New Horizons spacecraft on its way to it. Pluto inexplicably has an atmosphere, albeit a thin one, and its surface appears to be a bright peach-red color, but also areas of white and dark red. Illustration: An artist's illustration of Pluto. (Illust. Credit: NASA/New Horizons)

New Horizons approaches Pluto - discovered signs of polar caps

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The New Horizons spacecraft hovers above Pluto and its large moon Charon. Artist illustration: NASA

Pluto and beyond / Michael D. Lemonique

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The New Horizons spacecraft hovers above Pluto and its large moon Charon. Artist illustration: NASA

Good morning Pluto: The New Horizons probe has woken up and is ready for mission

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An artist's illustration shows Pluto and several of its moons as seen from the surface of one of the moons. Pluto is the large disc in the center. Charon is the smallest disk on the right. Figure: NASA, ESA and G. Bacon (STScI)

Preparing for New Horizons' arrival at Pluto: Searching for evidence of a subsurface ocean on moon Charon; Hubble will look for other worlds beyond Pluto

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Pluto's fifth moon has been discovered

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This montage of two images shows Pluto's four moons in motion

Hubble discovered a new moon for Pluto, fourth in number

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Callisto. Photo: NASA

Callisto-Moon of Jupiter

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Rings of Jupiter as photographed by the Galileo spacecraft. From Wikipedia

The rings of justice

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Pictured from top to bottom (not to scale) are the Moon, Venus and an asteroid. These three bodies are prime candidates for NASA's next scientific space mission. The proposed missions are: monitoring Venus' atmosphere and crust, returning samples from a near-Earth asteroid for analysis, or dropping a robotic vehicle into the Moon's south polar basin and returning rock samples from there for examination and analysis on Earth .

NASA has chosen three finalists for scientific missions, one of which will be carried out: to Venus, an asteroid or the moon

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Justice - summary of findings - part two: the clouds

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Tzedek - a summary of the findings of all the spacecraft that studied it - part one: the intriguing scientific questions

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Hidden passengers have been discovered on the spacecraft New Horinos

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The New Horizons spacecraft received 'brain surgery' on the way to Pluto

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A spacecraft that surveyed Jupiter reveals a constant change in the planet and its moons

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New Horizons captured in one photo three volcanoes erupting on an island

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New Horizons passed yesterday (Wednesday) morning at the closest point to Jupiter

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New Horizons means its encounter with Jupiter

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NASA concludes 2006 as a year full of activity

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New Horizons is approaching Jupiter on its way to Pluto

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New Horizons launched today

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The New Horizons launch to Pluto has been delayed until tomorrow due to strong winds and some technical glitches

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The year: 2015. The place: Pluto. The fog dissipates

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Tonight (Tuesday at 20:24) the New Horizon spacecraft will be launched to Pluto. Protests against nuclear fuel

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The New Horizons spacecraft to Pluto - the launch is around the corner

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The rocket that is going to launch the spacecraft to Pluto was damaged in Storm Vilma

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NASA protects the shuttles and spacecraft to Pluto and closed the Kennedy Space Center due to Hurricane Wilma

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The spacecraft to Pluto arrived at NASA for testing

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Tonight (Tuesday at 20:24) the New Horizon spacecraft will be launched to Pluto. Protests against nuclear fuel

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A spacecraft flight to Pluto has been approved - New Horizon will be launched in 2006 and will arrive in 2015

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The unmanned shuttle, "New Horizons", will be launched in 2006 and will be the first to reach Pluto

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NASA announced the end of the development of the spacecraft that will explore Pluto

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