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Bursting balloons in a sand box show distinct pattern of craters
There are many ways to make a hole in the ground, but explosions create craters with a distinct pattern 鈥� as found by bursting balloons buried in a sand box
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Pluto and Charon shine in latest images in advance of fly-by
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Pluto looms large, a day before New Horizons’s closest approach
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Destination Pluto: Countdown to the historic New Horizons fly-by
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What the sun would look like if you had X-ray vision
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Pluto probe hiccup caused by overloaded computer
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It’s time to decide when to declare a planet lifeless
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New Horizons hiccup won’t affect Pluto mission science
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Chasing Pluto’s shadow in a Boeing 747
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Best-ever images of Pluto reveal baffling pepperoni slices
A line of dark spots across the dwarf planet's equator make it look like a pizza and have left researchers scratching their heads
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New Horizons snaps first infrared image of Pluto
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Don’t fear apocalyptic asteroids: you’re safer than you think
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Grand Theft Sedna: how the sun might have stolen a mini-planet
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Lava lakes spotted on Venus may be how it stays so blemish-free
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