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The Moment We’ve been Waiting For: First New Images of Pluto from New Horizons
Here we go! New Horizons is now on approach and today – on the anniversary of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh’s…
The Solar System’s ‘Yearbook’ is About to Get Filled In
Lined up like familiar faces in your high school yearbook, here are images of the 33 largest objects in the…
Astronomers are Predicting at Least Two More Large Planets in the Solar System
Could there be another Pluto-like object out in the far reaches of the Solar System? How about two or more?…
It Looks Like These Are All the Bright Kuiper Belt Objects We’ll Ever Find
The self-professed “Pluto Killer” is at it again. Dr. Michael Brown is now reminiscing about the good old days when…
Did You Know There are 9 Secret Items Hidden on Pluto’s New Horizons Mission?
The New Horizons spacecraft is now just a few months away from its encounter with Pluto and the Kuiper Belt,…
The Dark Energy Survey Begins to Reveal Previously Unknown Trans-Neptunian Objects
Sometimes when you stare at something long enough, you begin to see things. This is not the case with optical…
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10 Space Science Stories to Watch in 2015
A new Avengers movie. A reboot of the Star Wars franchise. The final installment of the Hunger Games. The Martian…
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Best Space Photos Of 2014 Bring You Across The Solar System
Feel like visiting a dwarf planet today? How about a comet or the planet Mars? Luckily for us, there are…
2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet
Together, the space probes Dawn and New Horizons have been in flight for a collective 17 years. One remained close…
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The Top 101 Astronomical Events to Watch for in 2015
Phew! It’s here. Now in its seventh year of compilation and the second year running on Universe Today, we’re proud…