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Pluto might actually have a shot at becoming a planet again
Elizabeth Rayne
Sep 10, 2018

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Now well beyond Pluto, New Horizons sees its next target
Phil Plait
Aug 29, 2018
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The icy object 2014 MU69 may be a binary, or even a contact binary, a double-lobed worldlet.
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We now have official high-resolution maps of Pluto and Charon
Phil Plait
Jul 13, 2018
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Actual images of Pluto and its large moon Charon, shown to scale and with correct contrast, from New Horizon observations. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI
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Could there be a subsurface ocean on Pluto?
Elizabeth Rayne
Dec 10, 2017
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Help name a rock in the outer solar system!
Phil Plait
Nov 9, 2017
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Artwork showing New Horizons flying past MU69... or whatever it will be called by then. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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A weird, distant potato-shaped world gets weirder: Haumea has rings!
Phil Plait
Oct 12, 2017
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Artwork depicting Haumea with its ring; the proportions shown are correct. Credit: Insituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
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What is it with those monster blades of ice on Pluto?
Elizabeth Rayne
Oct 1, 2017
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Pluto may not be a planet anymore, but it's getting a lander
Elizabeth Rayne
Sep 25, 2017
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Pluto's posse
Phil Plait
Sep 19, 2017
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Pluto and Charon, to scale in size and brightness. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
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Is New Horizons’ next target a binary relic of the ancient solar system?
Phil Plait
Aug 9, 2017
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Artwork depicting the New Horizons spacecraft flyby of Pluto and Charon.
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The wink of a star reveals a distant target for New Horizons
Phil Plait
Jul 20, 2017
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artwork of New Horizons and MU69
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Distant solar system object 2014 UZ224 is not terribly big but at least it's really really cold
Phil Plait
Apr 14, 2017
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artwork depicting 2014 UZ224
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Goodnight, Pluto
Phil Plait
Mar 27, 2017
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Pluto backlit by the Sun
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It turns out methane CAN simply walk into Mordor
Phil Plait
Mar 1, 2017
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Redefining planets: An answer in search of a question
Phil Plait
Feb 22, 2017
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NASA video shows what it would look like to land a spaceship on Pluto
Trent Moore
Jan 22, 2017
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