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Life inside Pluto? Hot birth may have created internal ocean on dwarf planet

Jun 27, 2020 - 9:00 AM

This is exciting, as where there's warm water, there could be life

DWARF PLANET. Pluto, with its basin Sputnik Planitia on the right. Photo from NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker

Pluto's largest moon likely fractured by sub-surface ocean – NASA

Feb 20, 2016 - 5:14 PM

Detailed pictures from the New Horizon space probe show a system of pull apart tectonic faults on Charon s equator running at least 1 100 miles long

PLUTO'S BIGGEST MOON. A handout picture made available by NASA on July 16, 2015, shows Charon, the largest moon of Pluto, taken by the New Horizons satellite Long Range Reconnaissance Imager from a distance of 466,000 km on 13 July 2015. EPA/NASA-JHUAPL-SwRI handout photo

Solar system could have '9th planet,' researchers say

Jan 21, 2016 - 10:13 AM

Sorry it s not Pluto: Anomalous orbits of Kuiper Belt objects eventually lead to the conclusion that a massive planet exists in the outer edges of our solar system

PLANET NINE. An artist's rendition of a distant view from Planet Nine back towards the sun. Image courtesy Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

NASA shows 'best close-ups' of Pluto

Dec 05, 2015 - 8:33 PM

The US space agency calls the high resolution photos the best ever taken of the dwarf planet

UNA in Cebu, LP's postponement, Pluto’s surprise | 12PM wRap

Oct 09, 2015 - 12:03 PM

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Blue skies, frozen water detected on Pluto

Oct 09, 2015 - 5:01 AM

Never before has Pluto – a resident of the distant Kuiper Belt a frigid region of the solar system beyond Neptune that is home to many comets and asteroids – been observed in such detail

BLUE RING. Pluto’s haze layer shows its blue color in this picture taken by the New Horizons Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC). NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Transformasi Eddie Redmayne menjadi wanita dalam ‘The Danish Girl’

Sep 02, 2015 - 8:45 PM

The Danish Girl merupakan adaptasi dari novel berjudul sama yang ditulis oleh David Ebershoff

Pemeran utama film The Danish Girl, aktor Eddie Redmayne dan aktris Alicia Vikander. Foto oleh SIMON LAOSSOEE/EPA

Earth's 'cousin,' YouTube updates, the latest Tomb Raider game | SciTech4u

Jul 29, 2015 - 1:48 PM

Rappler s business reporter and tech enthusiast Chris Schnabel sits in for Matthew Ang where he gives a rundown of Apple s latest earnings YouTube s newest features and San Francisco s pee proof walls

Flowing nitrogen ice glaciers seen on Pluto

Jul 25, 2015 - 10:32 AM

We ve only seen surfaces like this on active worlds like Earth and Mars

PLUTO'S SURFACE. This is the last and most detailed image of Pluto sent to Earth before the moment of closest approach, captured from New Horizons at about 4 pm EDT on July 13, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. Image courtesy of NASA

Pluto flyby, New Horizons CPU, YouTube watchtime | SciTech4u

Jul 24, 2015 - 4:00 PM

Did you know that New Horizons is powered by the same CPU as a PlayStation?

Poe on 2016, NBI on Mamasapano, Pluto up close | 12PM wRap

Jul 16, 2015 - 11:57 AM

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IN MEMES: Funny sides of Pluto

Jul 16, 2015 - 9:00 AM

Netizens show the dwarf planet some love

Pluto up close: Icy mountain ranges seen after NASA flyby

Jul 16, 2015 - 7:03 AM

NASA said the findings suggest that Pluto is geologically active and contains parts that are youthful in astronomical terms

UP CLOSE. New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator reveal a giant surprise – a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet (3,500 meters) above the surface of the icy body. Credits: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI

Napoles' assets, Sereno’s independence, Pluto probe survives | 6PM wRap

Jul 15, 2015 - 7:19 PM

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Napoles’ assets, Mary Jane’s sentence, NASA reaches Pluto | 12PM wRap

Jul 15, 2015 - 12:34 PM

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New Horizons probe survives close encounter with Pluto

Jul 15, 2015 - 9:12 AM

UPDATED We have a healthy spacecraft We are outbound from Pluto

UP CLOSE. This is the last and most detailed image of Pluto sent to Earth before the moment of closest approach, captured from New Horizons at about 4 pm EDT on July 13, about 16 hours before the moment of closest approach. The spacecraft was 476,000 miles (766,000 kilometers) from the surface. Image courtesy NASA

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft whizzes past Pluto

Jul 14, 2015 - 8:08 PM

UPDATED We have completed the initial reconnaissance of the solar system

FLYBY. Artist’s concept of the New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. Image courtesy Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute (JHUAPL/SwRI)

New PNP chief, Revilla’s furlough, Pluto flyby | 12PM wRap

Jul 14, 2015 - 1:01 PM

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NASA counts down to nail-biter Pluto flyby

Jul 14, 2015 - 7:51 AM

There is a one in 10 000 chance that the spacecraft could be lost in a collision with debris around Pluto

NASA craft discovers heart shape on Pluto as flyby nears

Jul 12, 2015 - 10:18 AM

A piano sized NASA spacecraft called New Horizons hurtles toward the distant celestial body on its way toward a historic flyby on Tuesday July 14

CLOSER. New Horizons' last look at Pluto's Charon-facing hemisphere reveals intriguing geologic details that are of keen interest to mission scientists. This image, taken early the morning of July 11, 2015, shows newly-resolved linear features above the equatorial region that intersect, suggestive of polygonal shapes. This image was captured when the spacecraft was 2.5 million miles (4 million kilometers) from Pluto. Image credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

Glitch sees NASA briefly lose touch with Pluto mission

Jul 07, 2015 - 8:32 AM

The communications blackout on Saturday July 4 lasted nearly an hour and half and perplexed scientists as they tried to figure out what had gone wrong aboard the New Horizons spacecraft

BLURRY VIEW. An color version of an image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft on July 3, 2015. Image courtesy NASA/JJUAPL/SWRI

Hubble at 25, Google's Project Fi, Chile volcanic eruption | SciTech4u

Apr 27, 2015 - 3:30 PM

That and the girl who proved Einstein right in this week s episode of SciTech4u

Pluto, now blurry, will become clear with NASA flyby

Apr 15, 2015 - 3:52 PM

The US space agency s unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to pass by Pluto on July 14 and will send back unprecedented high resolution images

HELLO, PLUTO. This image of Pluto and its largest moon, Charon, was taken by the Ralph color imager aboard New Horizons on April 9, 2015, from a distance of about 71 million miles (115 million kilometers). It is the first color image ever made of the Pluto system by a spacecraft on approach. Image courtesy NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

Ready for a close-up: New Horizons set for Pluto pics

Jan 26, 2015 - 1:15 PM

NASA scientists took the spacecraft out of hibernation in December to get it ready for its upcoming close ups of Pluto and Charon

BEAMING UP. Artist's impression of the New Horizons probe sending data towards the Earth. Image courtesy NASA

NASA craft to probe Pluto after 9-year journey

Dec 07, 2014 - 7:48 AM

The New Horizons probe launched January 2006 aims to study Pluto an icy body with several moons near the outer reaches of our solar system

CLOSE UP. Artist's impression of the New Horizons probe. Image courtesy NASA

Many-headed dog, goddess lend names to Pluto moons

Jul 03, 2013 - 9:09 AM

Pluto s fourth and fifth moons discovered in 2011 and 2012 have been named Kerberos and Styx the International Astronomical Union IAU said

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Apr 15, 2013 - 7:02 AM

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