New Horizons

New Horizons

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Observers Kai Getrost and Alex Parker waiting to collect 2014 MU69 occultation data in Argentina on 3 June 2017. Image Credit: Kai Getrost

New Horizons heads for Kuiper Belt object

New Horizons is due to fly by a Kuiper Belt object that is proving mysterious, according to ground-based observations.
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Dune-like features can be seen in Sputnik Planitia, which scientists believe were caused by thermal winds transporting grains of methane ice. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Ice dunes discovered on Pluto

New Horizons images have enabled astronomers to discover methane ice dunes on Pluto, right next to the dwarf planet's heart-shaped feature.
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New Horizons: ice volcanoes and spinning moons

Data sent back by the New Horizons spacecraft has revealed what may be ice volcanoes on the surface of Pluto, and the 'pandemonium' of its spinning moons.
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An image of Pluto captured in high-resolution by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on 14 July 2015. The spacecraft studied the dwarf planet before beginning its journey towards MU69. Credit: NASA/JHUAP/SwRI

New Horizons phones home

After successfully completing its flyby of Pluto, New Horizons has sent confirmation of the mission's success back to Earth, before beginning a new journey to the edges of the Solar System.
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Pluto's icy mountains revealed

New images sent back to Earth from the New Horizons mission have surpassed expectations, NASA mission scientists say.
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New Horizons images of Pluto's largest moon, taken on 11 July 2015, reveal chasms, craters and a dark polar region.
Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

New Horizons reveals Charon's surface features

Data from NASA’s New Horizons mission has uncovered the intricacies of Pluto’s moon Charon for the first time.
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