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The Solar System’s Newest Beach Spot Is An Icy One

5:00AM September 19, 2011 | Jack Loftus

One ticket to Pluto, please! Seems there’s an ocean there just waiting to be discovered, surfed or lounged about. Don’t worry about my well-being though — I’ll be packing a sweater. More »

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Pluto Has Poisonous Carbon Monoxide Atmosphere

10:00PM April 20, 2011 | Alasdair Wilkins

After almost 20 years of hunting for telltale clues, we now know that the demoted planet Pluto has an atmosphere of small but still very deadly amounts of carbon monoxide gas which helps keep it at incredibly cold temperatures. More »

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Happy Birthday New Horizons, The Little Probe (Still) Racing For Pluto

7:40AM January 20, 2011 | Sam Biddle

We’ve launched probes all over the place. We’ve snapped and beamed back pictures of every spot in the solar system. Except Pluto. Call it a planet. Call it a dwarf planet. Either way, it’s the last unknown. Not for long. More »

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An Interview With The Man Who Killed Pluto

4:20PM December 28, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

“What does your 5-year-old daughter think of having a planet-killer for a father?” More »

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The Computer That Found Pluto

8:30PM November 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Shame may’ve been cast on Pluto for masquerading as a planet, but that doesn’t mean the “mechanical calculating device” that helped find it in our wide, wide sky is any less important. Particularly when it’s called “The Millionaire”. More »

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Pluto Files Hate Mail Declassified

2:40PM March 10, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

If I were Neil deGrasse Tyson — host of the Pluto Files and director of the Hayden Planetarium — I wouldn’t be able to sleep at night. Not after reading the hate mail from thousands of outraged American kids. More »

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Most Detailed View Of Pluto To Date

11:40AM February 5, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Oh Pluto, Pluto… You may not be a planet anymore, but that doesn’t mean we don’t love you. Even while you look like a big mouldy ball of mud in this image capture by Hubble, the most detailed to date. More »