Category Archives: Pluto

Happy Birthday, Hubble: 20 Years of Great Astronomy

Posted on April 21, 2010 by admin

In a few days, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope will be 20 years old. Birthdays are a good time for looking back, and this is no exception. The Hubble telescope has provided us with so much good science and so many … Continue reading →

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Solar System Exploration to Continue

Posted on January 22, 2010 by admin

Exploration of our solar system has been ongoing since the first Sputnik Earth orbiter in 1957 and in the 50 years since this a number of missions have been launched to visit and explore celestial bodies. These have included the … Continue reading →

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NASA’s New Horizons Probe Is Approaching the Outer Solar System

Posted on December 20, 2009 by admin

NASA’s New Horizons probe is en route for the outer solar system.  After scoring a spectacular flyby of Jupiter and its moons in 2007, the craft is now heading for Pluto  and beyond.  It will be the first probe to … Continue reading →

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