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Solar System
Outer Solar System
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| Does Triton Have a Subsurface Ocean? |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
09/06/12 |
| Neptune’s largest moon Triton is most likely a captured Kuiper Belt Object. The capture of icy Triton and the subsequent taming of its orbit likely led to the formation of a subsurface ocean through tidal heating. New research suggests that this ocean could still exist today. |
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| Pluto's Hidden Ocean |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
11/17/11 |
| NASA's New Horizon mission should be able to learn whether liquid water exists a hundred miles beneath Pluto's surface. |
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| Mission to Mysterious Uranus |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/10/11 |
| Scientists want to send an orbiter and probe to the ice giant planet Uranus, but do the resources exist to support such an ambitious project? |
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| New Horizons mission to Pluto launched |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
01/19/06 |
| The New Horizons mission launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 2 p.m. Eastern time this afternoon. The spacecraft is now headed to the planet Pluto, speeding from Earth at 8 miles per second. Because Pluto is so far away, it will take New Horizons nine years to reach its destination. |
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| The Ice Dwarf Cometh |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
12/20/05 |
| The New Horizons spacecraft, scheduled for launch in mid-January, will investigate the far-off planet Pluto and its icy moons. This will be the first spacecraft to study the Pluto system, as well as the mysterious outer region of our solar system known as the Kuiper Belt. |
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| Voyage of The Voyagers: First Quarter-Century |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
08/20/02 |
| When initially launched on August 20, 1977, the Voyager missions to Jupiter and Saturn were considered mission-capable for around 5-year lives. But after 25 years, there is a good chance that another 25 years for their tour is on-course. |
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