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30May
Tags: Asteroid Belt, asteroids, astronomy, Astrophysics, Ceres, cgpgrey, dwarf planet, earth, Educational, IAU, jupiter, Kuiper Belt, mars, mercury, moon, neptune, physics, Pluto, saturn, scattered disc, science, solar system, space, Sun, uranus, venus
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15Apr
Pluto was kicked off the list of major planets. It seems to have responded by turning a mysterious red color, according to scientists working with the Hubble Space Telescope. They’re now trying to find out what makes its surface so dynamic. From the Space Telescope Science Institute.
Tags: asteroids, astronomy, Belt, comets, earth, esa, Hubble, jupiter, keck, Kuiper, NASA, neptune, Pluto, saturn, solar, space, spitzer, Sun, system, telescope, universe, uranus
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26Mar
Dr. Robert Hurt explains why Pluto got… well… plutoed.
Tags: animation, ask, asteroids, astronomer, astronomy, Ceres, Eris, Juno, Pallas, planet, planets, Pluto, Quaoar, Sedna