Pluto’s Mysterious Moons | Space News

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Physicist Eugene Bagashov concludes his presentation on the most compelling findings to date of NASA’s New Horizons mission to the dwarf planet Pluto. In this fourth and final episode, Eugene shifts his focus to the Plutonian system’s mysterious moons. The surprisingly chaotic system has been characterized as “pandemonium,” and the…

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Pluto Grows More Mysterious | Space News

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NASA’s New Horizons mission to the dwarf planet Pluto has provided scientists on Earth with countless puzzles and mysteries. From impossible “sand dunes,” which were never expected on the tiny planet’s frozen surface, to equally unexpected giant mountains, to a surprising absence of so-called impact craters, and selective regional cratering,…

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