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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why are there so many 'space snowmen' in our solar system? New study offers clues ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/solar-system/why-are-there-so-many-space-snowmen-in-our-solar-system-new-study-offers-clues</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In the distant reaches of the solar system are many icy objects that resemble snowmen. Now, a new study reveals the simple way in which these mysterious objects might form. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cqchoi@sciwriter.us (Charles Q. Choi) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WjC9vPLokgtuhuAQhmzyEi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Composite image of the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth, as photographed by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft in 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Composite image of the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth, as photographed by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft in 2019.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope and 4 other legendary spacecraft are in October's night sky ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/stargazing/heres-where-the-james-webb-space-telescope-and-4-other-legendary-spacecraft-are-in-the-night-sky-october-2025</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's where 5 of NASA's most famous spacecraft can be found in the October sky. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Stargazing]]></category>
                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Anthony Wood ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bWCux87uJ7XzhWJgPiJXti-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope flying through space against a star strewn deep blue sky featuring nebula clouds.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's hazy skies are making the dwarf planet even colder, James Webb Space Telescope finds ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Simultaneously cooling Pluto while energizing atmospheric molecules to allow them to escape into space, Pluto's haze plays a key role in the planet's energy balance. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[James Webb Space Telescope]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pwSEVGLX7MVvekxjuwX7Vh-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, with the heat-shaped Sputnik Planitia at the lower right. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows Pluto and its largest moon Charon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Trump's 2026 budget would slash NASA funding by 24% and its workforce by nearly one third ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/trumps-2026-budget-would-slash-nasa-funding-by-24-percent-and-its-workforce-by-nearly-one-third</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The Trump administration's 2026 budget request cuts NASA funding by $6 billion, which would lead to the cancellation of Mars sample-return and other high-profile missions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2025 03:35:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sat, 31 May 2025 06:12:40 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qGveHpp3tQp4CrVaXyqnAY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA’s Juno mission, which captured this view of Jupiter on Sept. 7, 2023, would be canceled if the White House&#039;s 2026 budget proposal is enacted by Congress.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on Sept. 7, 2023.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Horizons' new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025 ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe,  depicts the relatively uniform brightness of the ultraviolet "Lyman-alpha" background surrounding our Sun and its area of influence. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:23:36 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Z. Pearlman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zXS9Btm32q3jWJFZW5z666-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[an artificial color map of a galaxy reveals the background scatter of ultraviolet light]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an artificial color map of a galaxy reveals the background scatter of ultraviolet light]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How the James Webb Space Telescope is helping size up tiny dwarf planets ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new model that incorporates data gathered by the JWST could help scientists understand the composition and mass of objects in the distant Kuiper Belt and beyond. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:39:37 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Victoria Corless ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/kbax23e7RwCLGnzwb9tyCK-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of the dwarf planet Sedna, which lies in the distant Kuiper Belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration of the dwarf planet Sedna, which lies in the distant Kuiper Belt.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble Telescope discovers a new '3-body problem' puzzle among Kuiper Belt asteroids (video) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids in the Kuiper Belt could be triplets. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Hubble Space Telescope]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4LuuxZUti7stNGNV9Hh6D6-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the 148780 Altjira system of two or maybe three asteroids. (Inset) the Hubble Space Telescope]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the 148780 Altjira system of two or maybe three asteroids. (Inset) the Hubble Space Telescope]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Leaving Pluto in the dust: New Horizons probe gearing up for epic crossing of 'termination shock' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is gearing up to cross the "termination shock," an exotic boundary in the outer solar system, as early as 2027. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2025 22:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:51:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/KRyWUwKrFoHiuqfJ3Q3Ufg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This high-resolution image captured by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images to show a bright expanse on Pluto known as Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[This high-resolution image captured by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images to show a bright expanse on Pluto known as Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[This high-resolution image captured by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft combines blue, red and infrared images to show a bright expanse on Pluto known as Sputnik Planum, which has been found to be rich in nitrogen, carbon monoxide and methane ices.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a 'Kuiper Belt 2.' ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 18 Sep 2024 19:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 17:37:58 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uoYn5WSg4NKNy8ems7pC6D-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Kuiper Belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Kuiper belt beyond which a hypothetical ninth planet has been suggested to dwell]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Just how dark is the universe? NASA's New Horizons probe gives us best estimate yet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, which flew by Pluto in 2015, has offered the best-yet estimates of how dark deep space truly is. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 12:28:43 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aHwHFwzMEzVWCFFdncz9tn-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Johns Hopkins APL/Southwest Research Institute/Serge Brunier/Marc Postman/Dan Durda]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist’s impression of NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft against the backdrop of deep space. More than 5.4 billion miles (7.3 billion kilometers) from Earth, New Horizons is traversing a region of the solar system far enough from the sun to offer the darkest skies available to any existing telescope – and to provide a unique vantage point from which to measure the overall brightness of the distant universe. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[illustration of a spacecraft in deep space, with the milky way galaxy&#039;s glowing central bulge in the background]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ We could float effortlessly in Pluto's subsurface ocean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A subsurface ocean of liquid water may exist beneath Pluto's nitrogen ice, according to an analysis of data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2024 20:59:39 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rahul Rao ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qVLgBbgNB2i7uafbCjWYmi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto and its heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia as imaged by New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto and its heart-shaped Sputnik Planitia as imaged by New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's heart-shaped scar may offer clues to the frozen world's history ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How Pluto's Sputnik Planitia formed remains unknown, but researchers have imagined a body about the size of Switzerland crashing into Pluto at a shallow angle. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 10:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:29:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rahul Rao ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zjBQZuE7X24fisUku6rh3c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A Pluto image composite, courtesy of the New Horizons mission.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of a planet with a heart-shaped scar toward the bottom right. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Our solar system map may need an update — the Kuiper belt could be way bigger ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ How a cosmic dust storm is helping New Horizons to redraw the map of the outer solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2024 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uoYn5WSg4NKNy8ems7pC6D-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/SOFIA/Lynette Cook]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the Kuiper Belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the Kuiper Belt.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris is surprisingly squishy ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-twin-dwarf-planet-eris-squishy</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto's 'almost twin' dwarf planet Eris has a rocky core blanketed by an icy shell, which appears to be flexing slowly. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Dec 2023 01:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 07 Dec 2023 12:42:48 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5wA9HMEuB49dhKPdfv3Vd9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s concept of dwarf planet Eris and its moon Dysnomia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[three notable celestial bodies are seen as lit crescents, one in the foreground takes up half the image, the second is much smaller at the top, with a shining third near the bottom right as the first two&#039;s star. other dimmer stars are present.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Horizons' Alan Stern will fulfill a lifelong dream on Virgin Galactic spaceflight this week  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/virgin-galactic-alan-stern-suborbital-research-flight</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ When Alan Stern launches to space this week on Virgin Galactic's fifth commercial flight, he'll accomplish the goal of a lifetime. But it won't just be a joyride for Stern — he'll be working. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:00:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:33:47 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pKNErAaFKSVmQNv9AoW7UC-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic&#039;s Galactic 03 mission reaches suborbital space on Sept. 8, 2023.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[the curvature of Earth can be seen behind a silver spaceplane]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Could Neptune's largest moon swing a spacecraft into the planet's orbit? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/neptune-triton-spacecraft-orbit-capture-assist</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Researchers have shared a radical new idea for how to put a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune: Use the thin atmosphere of Triton, Neptune's largest moon, to capture it. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Neptune]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VN8RpsrDfqQn5iQ85YWg43-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA GSFC/Dan Gallagher]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of Neptune and its largest moon, Triton.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of Neptune and its largest moon, Triton.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What cosmic object 'Arrokoth' can tell us about our solar system's formation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/arrokoth-kuiper-belt-planetesimal-formation-new-horizons</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A new study from researchers at the Southwest Research Institute has unearthed a fascinating discovery about Arrokoth, a trans-Neptunian object made famous by the New Horizons probe in 2020. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2023 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Solar System]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ John.Loeffler@futurenet.com (John Loeffler) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ John Loeffler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UgYye85czfKJJPxHzaTQrR-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite image of Kuiper Belt Object Arrokoth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a lumpy looking space rock]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA extends New Horizons mission through late 2020s ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/nasa-extends-new-horizons-mission-late-2020s</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA will extend the New Horizons mission through 2028 or 2029, allowing the spacecraft to continue studying its exotic environs far from the sun. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 03 Oct 2023 12:00:50 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zjBQZuE7X24fisUku6rh3c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[image of pluto, showing a large heart-shaped feature on the dwarf planet&#039;s surface.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons mission faces an uncertain future (op-ed) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/nasa-new-horizons-budget-uncertainty</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ With its budget being trimmed for 2024, NASA is making some weighty decisions... and one includes drastically trimming New Horizons funds by replacing the current science staff with a new team. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 25 Aug 2023 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ rod@rodpyleleadership.com (Rod Pyle) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rod Pyle ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zjBQZuE7X24fisUku6rh3c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, captured by New Horizons, 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto composite]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons will investigate Uranus from the rear (Neptune, too). Here's how you can help ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/nasa-new-horizons-probe-uranus-neptune</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ An observing campaign involving New Horizons, the Hubble Space Telescope and perhaps even you is designed to better understand how heat flows through the atmospheres of two ice giants. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 19:30:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XMQp7K2wvxihYCQdV4P9GB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rendering of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rendering of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA may shift New Horizons Pluto probe to sun-studying mission ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/new-horizons-pluto-probe-debate</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The future of NASA's New Horizons Pluto probe is uncertain following debates at NASA over how best to use the spacecraft. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2023 12:00:26 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ jdinner@space.com (Josh Dinner) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Josh Dinner ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fx2KeETc4dLyK69h9f6SxT-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying past Pluto and its moon Charon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[an illustration of the New Horizons spacecraft flying past Pluto]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Jupiter missions: Past, present and future ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/jupiter-missions-brief-history</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A rundown of every mission to Jupiter past to present, as well as the new ones on the horizon. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 20:54:49 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 14 Apr 2023 13:56:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ daisy.dobrijevic@space.com (Daisy Dobrijevic) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Daisy Dobrijevic ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qforhewdQGbtxacUcdEPoB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Numerous iconic missions have visited Jupiter, and more are on the horizon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s illustration with Juno on the left and a close up of Jupiter on the right. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Horizons Pluto probe notches 3 new discoveries in outer solar system ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/nasa-new-horizons-pluto-probe-lpsc-2023-discoveries</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons probe flew by Pluto nearly eight years ago, but the epic encounter is still bearing scientific fruit. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:57:33 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DA6c9nKCb9u384QntxgtNP-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May knighted by King Charles III ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/queen-brian-may-astrophysicist-knighted-king-charles</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ King Charles III bestows a knighthood honor on Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ stingrayghost@gmail.com (Jeff Spry) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Jeff Spry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uhGYLznKnq86556ugxdK9W-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sir Brian May after being made a Knight Bachelor for services to music and charity by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 14, 2023 in London, England.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[: Sir Brian May after being made a Knight Bachelor for services to music and charity by King Charles III during an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace on March 14, 2023 in London, England.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Spaceport Cornwall: The ultimate guide to the UK's first spaceport ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Spaceport Cornwall is the UK's first licensed spaceport. Here we explore the air-launch hub in more detail. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 13:59:02 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ed Browne ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/vQWoECgiAutjnikLUxRKCd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Spaceport Cornwall is the UK&#039;s first licensed spaceport. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[one of the hangars at spaceport Cornwall with large &quot;spaceport Cornwall&quot; letters across the front of the building above the entrance.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The most distant spacecraft in the solar system — Where are they now? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Humans have sent four spacecraft out of the solar system, with another swiftly approaching the edge of our solar system — and they have a lot to teach us about our place in space. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:00:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Solar System]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Briley Lewis ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MGtKagLuXcvPWkAv8rMtXX-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of one of the twin Voyager probes.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s depiction of one of the twin Voyager probes.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Far beyond Pluto: What's next for NASA's New Horizons probe?  ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/beyond-pluto-nasa-new-horizons-next-steps</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt to examine ancient, icy mini-worlds in that vast region beyond the orbit of Neptune. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2022 10:00:18 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:20:28 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/DA6c9nKCb9u384QntxgtNP-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ These 8 NASA missions just got more time to explore Mars, asteroids and the solar system ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Mars, the moon and asteroids will get a deeper look from these spacecraft with eight NASA mission extensions. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 18:42:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:12:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xcQamfpnW5ntVXRg3sJtfK-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s Curiosity rover will be taking shots like this on Mars for another three years.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Curiosity will be taking shots like this on Mars for another three years.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Ice volcanoes on Pluto may still be erupting ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ An area of Pluto that researchers think was formed from the eruption of ice volcanoes is unique on the dwarf planet and in the solar system, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 01 Apr 2022 19:11:29 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ rebeccasohnm@gmail.com (Rebecca Sohn) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Rebecca Sohn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MAuV7Cx4ceZfMTHqigF3ed-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons probe in 2015 with evidence for potential cryovolcanism marked in blue.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of Pluto taken by the New Horizons probe in 2015 with evidence for potential cryovolcanism marked in blue.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The icy 'space snowman' Arrokoth in deep space just got names for its best features ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The New Horizons team names point to three prominent features on the odd, binary world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 17:00:34 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:40:39 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/XhUjsBJo9JVHKJWZJ2C98C-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite image of the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A composite image of the Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's bizarre polygons now have a science explanation ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-bizarre-polygon-science</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ The icy process may be present on other worlds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 11:58:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zpXYwxUZwveUjDsdYmd3FX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <media:description><![CDATA[The surface of Pluto’s icy Sputnik Planum — seen here in a photo captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its close flyby of the dwarf planet on July 14, 2015 — is covered with churning ice “cells” that are geologically young and turning over due to convection.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The surface of Pluto’s icy Sputnik Planum — seen here in a photo captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its close flyby of the dwarf planet on July 14, 2015 — is covered with churning ice “cells” that are geologically young and turning over due to convection.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Water's ultimate freezing point just got lower ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ By creating ice from tiny droplets only a few hundred molecules in size, researchers have pushed water's freezing point lower than ever before and changed what we know about how ice forms. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:00:40 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ ashley.s.hamer@gmail.com (Ashley Hamer) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Ashley Hamer ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PtZ9YRTHMKP3Zo3HgHCLJd-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Horizons: Exploring Pluto and Beyond ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/18377-new-horizons.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit dwarf planet Pluto and Kuiper Belt object Arrokoth. The spacecraft is still actively exploring the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Elizabeth Howell ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/w7ZmzvL4qVeDxhUK4kGEr3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artist&#039;s impression of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA celebrates New Horizons' historic Pluto flyby in 2015 with awesome new videos ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA has released new visualisations of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon to commemorate the first-ever up close exploration of the distant worlds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2021 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:39:12 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tereza.pultarova@futurenet.com (Tereza Pultarova) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tereza Pultarova ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/r6EehGh53Z6eE7aiSMuouQ-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The yellow arrow shows the trajectory of New Horizons over the surface of Pluto.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The yellow arrow shows the trajectory of New Horizons over the surface of Pluto.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Tantalizing Pluto views suggest active surface but won't be seen again for 161 years ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For a brief moment in time in July 2018, the solar system aligned to show Earth the fully sunlit disk of Pluto, an arrangement that won't occur again for 161 years. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2021 10:55:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 25 Jun 2021 16:33:21 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mbartels@space.com (Meghan Bartels) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Bartels ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/UM8PoLTcrhTqR7zpmVwnDh-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A New Horizon&#039;s image shows the ice-rich expanse of Sputnik Planitia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Using New Horizons&#039; MVIC Pluto&#039;s Sputnik Planum comes to life in vibrant colors.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons Pluto spacecraft is still exploring, 50 AU from the sun ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons is about to reach some very rarefied space, but don't expect the NASA probe to rest on its considerable laurels. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2021 12:29:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 22 Apr 2021 23:20:09 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c6QvNgFjkjNNTTMLLStJ7Z-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto&#039;s famous &quot;heart,&quot; as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby of the dwarf planet.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto&#039;s famous &quot;heart,&quot; as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby of the dwarf planet.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons probe reaches rare distance, looks out to farthest Voyager ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Fifteen years after launching and six years after becoming the first probe to fly by Pluto, NASA's New Horizons is reaching 50 AU, a marker that has been passed only by four other spacecraft. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ robert@collectspace.com (Robert Z. Pearlman) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Z. Pearlman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/enPqi67bcMisGMGFeRuFqi-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Rendering of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft, which will reach 50 AU (astronomical units), or 50 times the distance between Earth and the sun, on Saturday, April 17, 2021, a mile marker surpassed by only four other robotic probes in history. To celebrate the milestone, New Horizons pointed its camera out toward the direction of Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft (marked with a yellow circle). ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Rendering of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft, which will reach 50 AU (astronomical units), or 50 times the distance between Earth and the sun, on Saturday, April 17, 2021, a mile marker surpassed by only four other robotic probes in history. To celebrate the milestone, New Horizons pointed its camera out toward the direction of Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft (marked with a yellow circle). ]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Rendering of NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft, which will reach 50 AU (astronomical units), or 50 times the distance between Earth and the sun, on Saturday, April 17, 2021, a mile marker surpassed by only four other robotic probes in history. To celebrate the milestone, New Horizons pointed its camera out toward the direction of Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft (marked with a yellow circle). ]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's atmosphere gets its blue haze from icy organic compounds, study suggests ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The haze shrouding Pluto might be made up of ice crystals possessing cyanide hearts, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 12:15:42 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 20 Jan 2021 01:58:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cqchoi@sciwriter.us (Charles Q. Choi) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/uTurumNukJFSGXMXUctodg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of the blue haze around the dwarf planet Pluto during its historic flyby in 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of the blue haze around the dwarf planet Pluto during its historic flyby in 2015.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of the blue haze around the dwarf planet Pluto during its historic flyby in 2015.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Horizons Pluto probe leader Alan Stern is going to space with Virgin Galactic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Alan Stern, who leads NASA's New Horizons mission to Pluto and beyond, has been selected to fly aboard SpaceShipTwo, Virgin Galactic's six-passenger suborbital space plane. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2020 11:46:12 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/di3ezxUeKZakKoKdMTXhHV-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic&#039;s VSS Unity spaceliner captured this view of Earth during the vehicle&#039;s first trip to space, on Dec. 13, 2018.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Virgin Galactic&#039;s VSS Unity spaceliner captured this view of Earth during the vehicle&#039;s first trip to space, on Dec. 13, 2018.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2014 MU69: Arrokoth, the most distant object ever explored ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons' historic flyby of the KBO 2014 MU69, also known as Arrokoth, has revealed incredible insights about the birth of the solar system. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2020 21:12:14 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sVVHCBmyWDtpj4Md8zzR3L-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The New Horizons spacecraft captured this image of the Kuiper Belt object named Arrokoth, snapping the picture from about 4,200 miles (6,700 kilometers) away on Jan. 1.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Arrokoth]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is our solar system shaped like a deflated croissant? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The bubble of charged particles that surrounds our solar system looks more like a deflated croissant than a comet, as traditionally envisioned, a recent study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2020 16:31:30 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sun, 09 Aug 2020 13:03:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/W3ZqK3Lo43eyVoBwWXnSDB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An updated model suggests the shape of the sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An updated model suggests the shape of the sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[An updated model suggests the shape of the sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yellow), may be a deflated croissant shape, rather than the long-tailed comet shape suggested by other research.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto flyby photos: New Horizons mission leader Alan Stern reveals 10 of his favorite epic views  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons' epic Pluto encounter took place five years ago. Celebrate the anniversary with a look at some of the probe's most dramatic and intriguing photos. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:35:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:45:01 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v28r3CMviZkPizjfbgC43Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft&#039;s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC).]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft&#039;s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC).]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto revealed: 5 years ago, NASA's New Horizons gave us our first close look at this distant world ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-flyby-new-horizons-fifth-anniversary.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Five years ago today, we started to appreciate just how remarkable Pluto really is. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2020 11:30:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 20:54:11 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bZuY3jY7P5QdiHkqjj38AP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Surprise! Pluto may have had an underground ocean from the very beginning ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Though Pluto is now famously frigid, it may have started off as a hot world that formed rapidly and violently, a new study finds. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:48:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Sat, 27 Jun 2020 11:52:49 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ cqchoi@sciwriter.us (Charles Q. Choi) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Charles Q. Choi ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/bZuY3jY7P5QdiHkqjj38AP-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto, as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the dwarf planet in July 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'Looking at an alien sky': New Horizons probe sees shifted star positions (photos) ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/nasa-new-horizons-star-shift-parallax-photos.html</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's pioneering New Horizons spacecraft has traveled so far that its view of the cosmos is noticeably different than ours. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:44:55 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 12 Jun 2020 15:51:57 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/V2EGVBU6kZFHrZ7AhRJS4K-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Images of the star Proxima Centauri captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft (left) and a ground-based telescope (right). Use a stereo viewer for these photos; if you don’t have a viewer, change your focus from the image by looking “through” it (and the screen) and into the distance. This creates the effect of a third image in the middle; try setting your focus on that third image.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Images of the star Proxima Centauri captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft (left) and a ground-based telescope (right). Use a stereo viewer for these photos; if you don’t have a viewer, change your focus from the image by looking “through” it (and the screen) and into the distance. This creates the effect of a third image in the middle; try setting your focus on that third image.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Images of the star Proxima Centauri captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft (left) and a ground-based telescope (right). Use a stereo viewer for these photos; if you don’t have a viewer, change your focus from the image by looking “through” it (and the screen) and into the distance. This creates the effect of a third image in the middle; try setting your focus on that third image.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's wispy atmosphere may be surprisingly robust ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto's thin, blue-tinged air may not collapse when the dwarf planet is far from the sun. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2020 11:47:04 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 19 May 2020 10:47:59 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/v28r3CMviZkPizjfbgC43Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft&#039;s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera. Image released Oct. 8, 2015.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft&#039;s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera. Image released Oct. 8, 2015.]]></media:text>
                                <media:title type="plain"><![CDATA[Pluto’s haze layer displays a blue color in this image obtained by the New Horizons spacecraft&#039;s Ralph/Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera. Image released Oct. 8, 2015.]]></media:title>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Arrokoth unmasked: NASA probe's 'space snowman' encounter reveals how planetesimals are born ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ New Horizons' epic encounter with a small body in the far outer solar system is telling us a lot about how planets are born. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2020 19:08:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 14 Feb 2020 12:28:14 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/rKLZu3meHWaSQaJWtHXFxY-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The uniform color and composition of Arrokoth’s surface shows the Kuiper Belt object formed from a small, uniform, cloud of material in the solar nebula, rather than a mishmash of matter from more separated parts of the nebula. The former supports the idea that Arrokoth formed in a local collapse of a cloud in the solar nebula.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The uniform color and composition of Arrokoth’s surface shows the Kuiper Belt object formed from a small, uniform, cloud of material in the solar nebula, rather than a mishmash of matter from more separated parts of the nebula. The former supports the idea that Arrokoth formed in a local collapse of a cloud in the solar nebula.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's famous heart powers icy winds on the dwarf planet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto's heart-shaped feature, which NASA's New Horizons spacecraft discovered during its epic July 2015 flyby of Pluto, drives atmospheric circulation on the dwarf planet, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2020 12:18:54 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mwall@space.com (Mike Wall) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Mike Wall ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/us7V64YEL5L34P64EetPx-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The left lobe of Pluto&#039;s heart-shaped feature is a 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometers) ice plain known as Sputnik Planitia.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The left lobe of Pluto&#039;s heart-shaped feature is a 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometers) ice plain known as Sputnik Planitia.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto and Titan are surprisingly hazy, but scientists are fuzzy on exactly why ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ NASA's New Horizons mission turned Pluto from a fuzzy blob into a detailed, geophysically complex world. But it's still a little fuzzy, as it turns out. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:27:22 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 29 Jan 2020 00:24:38 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ mbartels@space.com (Meghan Bartels) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Meghan Bartels ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/R4jAFoCfpj7G9EZCYmNvCY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft discovered layers of haze on the dwarf planet Pluto during its 2015 flyby.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft discovered layers of haze on the dwarf planet Pluto during its 2015 flyby.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ One Year Ago, NASA's New Horizons Made the Most Distant Flyby in Space History ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A year after New Horizons buzzed its second target, Arrokoth, a wealth of science has been revealed. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 13:36:06 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[New Horizons]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/N5TBMmfrhM3woRFF8LEfx3-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The most detailed image of Arrokoth, captured just minutes before New Horizons made its closest approach on Jan. 1, 2019.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[The most detailed image of Arrokoth, captured just minutes before New Horizons made its closest approach on Jan. 1, 2019.]]></media:text>
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