Visit science.nasa.gov for more. Dwarf planet Pluto is a world of mystery waiting to be visited for the first time. NASA’s New Horizons probe is racing across the solar system for a ground breaking close encounter that could dramatically alter what researchers “know” about Pluto and other small worlds.
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10Sep
Tags: dwarf planet, Kuiper Belt, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, Science Mission Directorate, Science@NASA News, sciencecasts, SMD
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07Aug
**Winner of the 2006 Emmy Award for Student Achievement, NATAS Heartland Chapter. A NASA space probe called New Horizons is making its way to one of the farthest known objects in our solar system: Pluto. Onboard, an instrument built entirely by students at the University of Colorado will measure tiny particles of dust floating in deep space. The instrument’s findings may unlock some of the greatest mysteries of our solar system. Written, Produced, and Narrated by David Tauchen Edited by Nathan Gang
Tags: award, Colorado, David, Emmy, Exploration, horizons, NASA, new, of, Pluto, space, Tauchen, University
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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
The lonely planet.
Tags: Hubble, NASA, noise, outer, planetary, planets, Pluto, solar, sounds, space, system, telescope, vibrations