This teaser of NEW HORIZON's mission to Pluto will enthrall you
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- June 18, 2015
NASA’s New Horizons space craft that embarked on an ambitious mission 10 years ago will finally reach Pluto on July 14, 2015. For the first time in human history, we will get first hand glimpse of the surface of Pluto and other valuable data about this dwarf planet in hi-res images beamed back by this
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READ MOREHave you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered what’s out there? What would it be like to be on another planet, or another galaxy? Are there planets like our Earth, and maybe even other forms of life out there? Most of us grow up wondering, and a few even make it their
READ MOREIn March, 2014, scientists stunned the world with news that a massive ice sheet covering West Antarctica is melting, and that the melting is actually speeding up and unstoppable! In March, 2014, scientists stunned the world with news that a massive ice sheet covering West Antarctica is melting, and that the melting is actually speeding
READ MOREThe news is in – scientists have discovered yet another earth-like planet in our galaxy! The Milky Way, our beloved and much photographed galaxy, is somewhere between 100-120,000 light-years across (a light-year is the distance light can travel in a year, equal to about 10 trillion kilometers or 6 trillion miles) and contains between 100-400
READ MOREScientists working in the dry deserts of Patagonia, Argentina have found what they believe is the largest type of dinosaur ever. After a farmer told them about finding massive bones, the scientists (known as paleontologists) managed to uncover more than 150 bones from the skeletons of 7 animals of this new species of dinosaur which
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