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'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart ...
Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...
What People Are Getting Wrong This Week: Pluto Is Still a Planet (Sort Of)
According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...
Swatch’s new MoonSwatch strap has transformed my Mission to Pluto – but it isn’t perfect
The colour of mine matches the Mission to Pluto pretty well, and I like how the strap is embellished with both “Speedmaster” ...
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The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds
Try hours. NASA's New Horizons spacecraft captured Pluto and its biggest moon, Charon, together. Credit: NASA / Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory / Southwest Research Institute ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. For decades ...
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Charon: Pluto's dwarf planet partner
Charon is made mostly of water ice. When the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto and Charon in 2015, it imaged only one side of Charon. It found that Charon's north polar region, called Mordor ...
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Astronomers have for decades tried to figure out how Pluto captured its largest moon. Now, there’s a new theory
Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.