Space Exploration

New Horizons: The Pluto Flyby

On July 14, 2015, New Horizons made the first close flyby of Pluto, revealing a surprisingly complex world with nitrogen glaciers, towering ice mountains, and a heart-shaped plain named Tombaugh Regio. The probe then continued into the Kuip

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