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What NASA found on Pluto shocked everyone and proved we had it all wrong

When New Horizons flew past Pluto in 2015, NASA expected a cold, cratered fossil at the edge of the solar system. Instead it ...
WESA

Pluto isn’t a planet — but it gives us clues for how the solar system formed

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto that is inserted beneath the Short Wave logo. The image combines blue, red and infrared images taken by the ...
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The Truth About Pluto NASA Didn’t Want to Believe

Pluto was dismissed as a frozen has-been at the edge of the solar system. But when NASA finally got a close look, what they ...
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Pluto at 90 Tombaugh’s discovery revolutionized knowledge of our solar system

Ninety years ago today, Clyde Tombaugh, a young astronomer working at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, discovered Pluto. In doing so he unknowingly opened the door to the vast “third zone” of ...
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Pluto isn't a planet — but it gives us clues on how the solar system formed

Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size to Pluto. So, during the summer of 2006, members of the International ...