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New Horizons: Tiny Pluto sports big mountains
New Horizons has revealed that the surface of Pluto has somehow been refreshed, activity that may be tied to an underground ocean or ice volcanoes.
Pluto! Long time no see
Pluto is back to being everyone’s favourite planet that’s not a planet.
The little planet that could
Pluto has been jilted by astronomers as often as it has been serenaded – now is its time to shine.
Pluto probe survives encounter, phones home
A Nasa spacecraft has sailed past Pluto, capping a journey of 4.88-billion kilometres that began nine and a half years ago.
Eight things about exploring Pluto
When New Horizon left, Pluto was still classified as a planet. Now the dwarf planet will divulge its secrets as the probe whizzes past at 50 000km/h.