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NASA to Talk Pluto & Beyond on Facebook Today: Watch Live
By Hanneke Weitering published
NASA's New Horizons team is hosting a live webcast today at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) to discuss the historic Pluto flyby and tantalizing adventures that lie ahead.

Prickly Pluto Could Reveal Ice Spikes Are Common on Other Worlds
By Elizabeth Howell published
NASA's New Horizons mission has revealed, for the first time, evidence of ice features known as "penitentes" beyond Earth.

Charon Is Pluto's First Line of Defense Against Solar Wind Onslaught
By Ian O'Neill published
Lacking a strong magnetic shield, Pluto's thin atmosphere is being eroded into space — but Charon is doing its bit to protect its dwarf planet buddy.

Weird 'Snakeskin' on Pluto Actually Similar to Features on Earth
By Mike Wall published
Pluto's strange "snakeskin" terrain is composed of ice ridges similar to, but much larger than, those found on Earth, a new study suggests.

Pluto's Heavy Heart Shaped Dwarf Planet's Landscape
By Mike Wall published
The huge icy plain on Pluto known as Sputnik Planitia may not overlie an impact crater, as many researchers had assumed, a new study reports.

Pluto's Wandering Heart Hints at Subsurface Ocean
By Mike Wall published
Pluto's famous heart-shaped feature made the dwarf planet roll over the eons, and this reorientation probably wouldn't have been possible without a subsurface ocean, new research suggests.

Why Half of Pluto's 'Heart' Has a New Name
By Nola Taylor Tillman published
The northwestern chamber of Pluto's "heart" has had its name changed from Sputnik Planum to Sputnik Planitia, to better reflect the characteristics of the region.
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