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Google Doodle Honors 'Prince of Mathematicians,' Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
By Mindy Weisberger published
German mathematician Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss used math to find the lost dwarf planet Ceres, and a Google Doodle commemorates what would have been his 241st birthday.
New Horizons, Meet Ultima Thule: Probe's Next Target Gets a Nickname
By Mike Wall published
The New Horizons spacecraft's next flyby target now has a nickname befitting the object's exotic nature and locale.
New Horizons Team Unveils Extended-Mission Patch
By Mike Wall published
If you needed another reminder that a historic deep-space encounter is just around the corner, well, here you go.
New Horizons' Epic Second Flyby Is Less Than a Year Away
By Mike Wall published
New Horizons, which famously zoomed past Pluto in July 2015, is set to cruise by a small object called 2014 MU69 in the wee hours of Jan. 1, 2019.
Surprise! New Horizons Probe's Next Flyby Target Has at Least One Moon
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
One or more moons may be orbiting New Horizon's next target, the Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69.
You Can Give New Horizons' Next Flyby Target a (Temporary) Name
By Mike Wall published
You have the chance to hang a nickname on the small, distant object that NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will zoom past on Jan. 1, 2019.
Relive New Horizons Probe's Historic Discoveries with Epic NASA Video
By Ian O'Neill published
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