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You Could Name Pluto's Moons
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
02/12/13 |
| Scientists have put out a call to the public to name two newly discovered moons of Pluto, currently dubbed 'P4' and 'P5.' |
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Voyager 1 Encounters New Region in Deep Space
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
12/05/12 |
| NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft has entered a new region at the far reaches of our solar system that scientists feel is the final area the spacecraft has to cross before reaching interstellar space. |
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Dwarf Planet MakeMake Lacks Atmosphere
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
11/24/12 |
| New observations of the dwarf planet Makemake indicate that, unlike Pluto, the distant world does not have an atmosphere |
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Watching the Weather of Uranus
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/24/12 |
| Using a new technique, astronomers are bringing Uranus into sharp focus. New observations are revealing incredible details about the bizarre weather on our solar system's seventh planet. |
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New Horizons May Enter a Firing Range at Pluto
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/19/12 |
| As New Horizons travels toward Pluto, the science team has become increasingly aware that dangerous debris might be orbiting in the Pluto system. The spacecraft will have to navigate safely through the material in order to make its scientific observations of Pluto and the Kuiper Belt. |
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Sharpest-Ever Views of Pluto and Charon
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
10/01/12 |
| Pluto and Charon were recently captured in high-resolution images with a ground-based telescope using a method called reconstructive speckle imaging. The images show how useful this method could be in the search for extrasolar planets. |
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Does Triton Have a Subsurface Ocean?
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| 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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The Kuiper Belt at 20
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
09/01/12 |
| Planetary science is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the discovery of the Kuiper Belt. Since 1992, more than 1,000 objects have been discovered in this distant region of our solar system. |
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Voyager at 35
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| Topic: Outer Solar System |
08/25/12 |
| Thirty-five years ago, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the longest-operating NASA spacecraft ever. |
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