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Pluto’s Moons Are Not What Astronomers Expected
photo via NASA/ESA/M. SHOWALTER (SETI)/G. BACON (STSCI) As with most things in the universe, we have come to expect the unexpected. Pluto’s moons are no exception. The Hubble Space Telescope has sent back amazing images of two of Pluto’s moons, Nix and Hydra, which shows that they are in a constant state of
New Pictures of Pluto from New Horizons
NASA has released new pictures of Pluto and one of its moons taken by the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) on board the New Horizons spacecraft. The images were taken from a distance of some 200 million km (124 million miles) away. At this distance, Pluto and one of its moons