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Space

Pluto

The New Horizons trip to Pluto will rewrite textbooks on space

July 17, 2015
Science

This week, the New Horizons space probe zoomed past Pluto and provided us with more information than ever before about the dwarf planet. Scientists will be gathering that data for a year — and rewriting textbooks as they go.

The New Horizons trip to Pluto will rewrite textbooks on space
Pluto as ​seen from New Horizons on July 11, 2015.

Pluto is coming into focus as New Horizons zooms in close

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Science
Pluto is coming into focus as New Horizons zooms in close
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

We can thank 'Orange is the New Black' for reminding us all of this pioneering female cosmonaut

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