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Lunar Landings Will Make it Harder to Study the Moon’s Ice Deposits
A new study led by researchers from the JHUAPL indicates that future missions to the Moon could contaminate the lunar…
New Horizons is so Far From Earth That the Positions of the Stars Look a Little Different From its Perspective
From its current position in the Kuiper Belt, the New Horizons spacecraft recently conducted a parallax experiment that is not…
Scientists Urge Europe to Stick With “Armageddon”-style Asteroid Mission
At the European Planetary Science Conference in Riga this week, scientists urged Europe to remain committed to the AIDA asteroid…
Scientists Assemble Fresh Global Map of Pluto Comprising Sharpest Flyby Images
The science team leading NASA’s New Horizons mission that unveiled the true nature of Pluto’s long hidden looks during the…
New Horizons Snaps Amazing 3-D View of Pluto’s Mysterious ‘Bladed’ Terrain
It’s time to whip out your 3-D glasses to enjoy and scrutinize the remarkable detail of spectacular terrain revealed in…
Charon Suffered Surprisingly Titanic Upheavals in Fresh Imagery from New Horizons
Charon in Enhanced Color with Grand Canyon NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Charon and its…
Astonishing ‘Snakeskin’ Textured Mountains Discovered on Pluto
The more we learn about Pluto, the weirder and weirder it gets. The newest batch of high resolution Plutonian images…
Take an Astounding Aerial Flyover Tour Soaring Above Pluto’s Wondrous Heart, Icy Flow Plains and Majestic Mountains
https://youtu.be/Wgl9jJUzITg Video caption: This animation of LORRI (Long Range Reconnaissance Imager) images begins with a low-altitude look at the informally…
Global Pluto Mosaic From New Hi Res Imagery Reveals Bewildering Diversity and Complexity
This new global mosaic view of Pluto was created from the latest high-resolution images to be downlinked from NASA’s New…
Pluto’s Heart of the Heart Swathed in Newly Discovered Icy Mountains and Vast Plains
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY, LAUREL, MD - The highest resolution images ever taken of Pluto by humanity’s first spacecraft ever to…