New Horizons Examines Pluto

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New Horizons Examines Pluto By Andrew Hall LORRI Photos Suggest Powerful Electric Discharges Swept Surface Look at these traces of rilles winding the surface of Pluto. We’ve seen this on Mercury, the moon and Mars. We’ve seen it on the moons of Saturn. Now we see them on Pluto and…

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Mysterious Electric Mercury | Space News

In April 2015, the NASA spacecraft MESSENGER completed its more than four year journey in the orbit of the planet Mercury. New discoveries in the mission have emphasized just how mysterious Mercury is for planetary scientists. Recurring features across the entire planet have recently left planetary scientists searching for answers.

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Mohammad Reza Shafizadeh

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It is with pride and enthusiasm that we present the story below of the young Iranian scientist, Mohammad Reza Shafizadeh.   The Thunderbolts Project offered Mohammad a student scholarship to the EU2014 conference, and, after much work, he gained approval from the Iranian government to attend. Sadly, under the time constraints,…

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