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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ NASA chief Jared Isaacman says he's fighting for Pluto: 'I am very much in the camp of 'make Pluto a planet again' ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Should Pluto be a bona fide planet again? NASA is working to "revisit the discussion" on Pluto's planethood status, according to agency chief Jared Isaacman. ]]>
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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/2FeWM3eSpaiYcVX2y7ZFB5-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman testifies during a hearing held by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies to review NASA&#039;s Fiscal Year 2027 budget request, Monday, April 27, 2026, at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a man in a suit speaks into a microphone]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ From Pluto to Ceres: A dwarf planet word search ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Hunt for the names of mysterious dwarf planets, most of which orbit on the fringes of our solar system ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dwarf Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/JMePZFEJNcVnNawYzrCv96-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the dwarf planet Haumea, its two moons and a narrow ring of rocky particles.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of dwarf planet Haumea, its two moons and a narrow ring of rocky particles.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ This dwarf planet has gas: Makemake's methane surprises scientists ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The James Webb Space Telescope has detected methane gas on the dwarf planet Makemake, indicating that the distant body is a dynamic icy world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dwarf Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ andrew.w.jones@protonmail.com (Andrew Jones) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Jones ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TAchMPa9r9zS4KWcFUaZLe-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A 3D model of Makemake, a dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A reddish brownish planet sits in the darkness of space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Hubble Space Telescope watches dying star chow down on a Pluto-like world filled with ice ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/hubble-space-telescope/hubble-space-telescope-watches-dying-star-chow-down-on-a-pluto-like-world-filled-with-ice</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Scientists didn't expect to find the remnants of an icy world around this extremely dense white dwarf star. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2025 21:05:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:07:17 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Stefanie Waldek ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/gf6DhPgcnSkUGGfpiK7W3T-1280-80.jpg">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA, Tim Pyle (NASA/JPL-Caltech)]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An artist&#039;s rendering of a white dwarf devouring a Pluto-like body.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A bright white dwarf star surrounded by golden disks sits in the darkness of space, with a rocky planet circling it on these disks]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 1st known interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua is an 'exo-Pluto' — a completely new class of object, scientists say ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "'Oumuamua is in a different category of object. It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dwarf Planets]]></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/LMb8KTcYp38wBrWFrzBXMj-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of interstellar comet &#039;Oumuamua]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A large rocky comet floats in the darkness of space with some stars in the distance.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's dwarf planet partner Charon may have spilled its guts to create 2 of the pair's moons ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ "The surfaces of Nix and Hydra are as close to unaltered as you can get." ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></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/8Gxgu5mQidJoCrhZvzUVQX-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A composite of enhanced color images of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft as it passed through the Pluto system.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A close up of Pluto (a red and white planet in the front) and its moon Charon (a darker reddish sphere) in the back in the darkness of space]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto quiz: Can you figure out this dwarf planet? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/pluto/pluto-quiz-can-you-figure-out-this-dwarf-planet</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Think you know Pluto? From icy plains to planetary debates, this quiz dives deep into the mysteries of our solar system's most controversial—and captivating—dwarf planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:31:08 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sTy2VLnDAXZL8KbLVCELZn-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An close up of Pluto&#039;s surface]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A planet with red patches and cream patches against a dark background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Think you know our solar system's dwarf planets? Test your skills with our new quiz! ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/dwarf-planets/think-you-know-our-solar-systems-dwarf-planets-test-your-skills-with-our-new-quiz</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto isn't the only dwarf planet residing in our solar system. Try your hand at naming the others! ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 19:21:10 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Kenna Hughes-Castleberry ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sTy2VLnDAXZL8KbLVCELZn-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close up of the dwarf planet Pluto. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A planet with red patches and cream patches against a dark background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ New Pluto mission could uncover dwarf planet's hidden ocean — if the 'queen of the underworld' gets to fly ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ A conceptual mission known as "Persephone" could explore Pluto and its moons for 50 years  — if it ever gets funded and approved. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Nola Taylor Tillman ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sTy2VLnDAXZL8KbLVCELZn-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute ]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close up of Pluto&#039;s surface. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A planet with red patches and cream patches against a dark background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ An icy supervolcano eruption on Pluto may have left a massive crater on the frozen world ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The caldera may have blasted out its cryomagma in a single explosive event, or it may have spread its eruptions over time. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:37:07 +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/KRyWUwKrFoHiuqfJ3Q3Ufg-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A close up of Pluto&#039;s surface shows ice and impact craters. ]]></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>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Astronomers discover a cosmic 'fossil' at the edge of our solar system. Is this bad news for 'Planet 9'? ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope have discovered a strange new body in a weird orbit at the edge of the solar system, which could be bad news for Planet Nine theories. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2025 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 11:53:07 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/EHvnHfzg6uLH9L2bpQhkMR-1280-80.png">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[Ying-Tung Chen (ASIAA))]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An illustration of the newly discovered solar system &quot;fossil&quot; Ammonite]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration of the newly discovered solar system &quot;fossil&quot; Ammonite]]></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[ Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/astronomy/dwarf-planets/scientists-found-a-possible-new-dwarf-planet-it-could-spell-bad-news-for-planet-9-fans</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ A newly found object could be a dwarf planet that contradicts the Planet Nine hypothesis. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Fri, 30 May 2025 16:36:32 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Keith Cooper ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/png" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/WfcsNoaRDLbP6sYDXvrbsY-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new discovery may mean Planet Nine is cancelled. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A dark circle in front of an image of the milky way galaxy&#039;s heart. in the background, there is a small ring representing the solar system.]]></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>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/hubble-space-telescope/hubble-telescope-discovers-a-new-3-body-problem-puzzle-among-kuiper-belt-asteroids-video</link>
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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>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/space-exploration/new-horizons/leaving-pluto-in-the-dust-new-horizons-probe-gearing-up-for-epic-crossing-of-termination-shock</link>
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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>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Is Pluto a planet or not? Who cares! Our love for the King of the Kuiper Belt is stronger than ever 95 years later ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ On the 95th anniversary of its discovery, Pluto remains one of the most beloved and enigmatic worlds in our solar system, whether you call it a planet or not. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:23:20 +0000</updated>
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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/VYfK7RzT8xBhM3UAPBiQig-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[An image of Pluto.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A brownish planet with a heart shaped lighter area toward the bottom right.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'This idea that it takes like 250 years for Pluto to orbit the sun, I think that's just bizarre.' Star Trek scion Adam Nimoy talks our favorite (dwarf) planet for 'I Heart Pluto' festival ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/entertainment/i-heart-pluto-festival-6th-annual-adam-nimoy</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Filmmaker Adam Nimoy helps celebrate the 95th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' festival from Feb. 13-17. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 23:00:10 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 10 Feb 2025 06:06:11 +0000</updated>
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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/eYypmpqMpcDyfcHYreqQSb-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The heart-shaped Tombaugh Regio feature on the surface of Pluto.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[a somewhat heart-shaped white splotch on an otherwise dark planet]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Pluto captured its largest moon Charon with a 10-hour icy 'kiss' ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-charon-kiss-capture</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto may have got romantic to capture its largest moon, colliding and engaging in a passionate but icy 10 hour kiss with Charon billions of years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:01:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 06 Jan 2025 16:41:54 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></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[An illustration shows Pluto and its largest moon Charon]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An illustration shows Pluto and its largest moon Charon]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 'There are lots of mysteries in our backyard': Revised solar system chemistry explains long-standing puzzles ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto and other large bodies in the Kuiper Belt are surprisingly rich in rock rather than ice. It may be because the early solar system consisted of much more carbon than previously thought, a new study suggests. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Solar System]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Sharmila Kuthunur ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tCR8fXnEHxmi4UnC3E5CU9-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto and other large bodies in the Kuiper Belt are surprisingly rich in rock rather than ice. It may be because the early solar system consisted of much higher carbon than previously thought, a new study suggests]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Graphic illustration of large rocky objects in the solar system.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ The Pluto problem: Is it time to rethink our definition of a planet? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-problem-time-to-rethink-definition-of-a-planet</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) famously demoted Pluto to a dwarf planet. Things have been a bit of a mess since then — so is it time to redefine the planet? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 22 Oct 2024 12:00:08 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Solar System]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Paul Sutter ]]></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[ James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/james-webb-space-telescope-pluto-icy-moon-charon</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide at the surface of Pluto's largest moon, Charon, potentially shedding light on its origins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 01 Oct 2024 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[James Webb 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/xs4SM5XhkFBZbaqtfPvrRJ-1280-80.png">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto&#039;s moon Charon as seen by the New Horizon&#039;s telescope]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A grey cracked sphere with a reddish brown cap]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ 2nd Kuiper Belt? Our solar system may be much larger than thought ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/second-kuiper-belt-solar-system-larger-than-thought</link>
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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[ Pluto TV will rally to make Pluto a planet again on April 1 (it's no joke) ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto may have lost its status as a full-fledged planet in 2006, but that doesn't mean it's a joke of a world this April Fools' Day and the folks behind Pluto TV want to make that clear. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2024 14:58:19 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 01 Apr 2024 16:20:52 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ tmalik@space.com (Tariq Malik) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Tariq Malik ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RqJT2zNnXDvY8b99BwKdgB-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The debate over Pluto&#039;s planet status gets fired up again in a Pluto TV rally at UCLA on April 1, 2024.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A view of Pluto with its Big Planet Energy campaign for Pluto TV.]]></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">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <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>
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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[ Supervolcano eruption on Pluto hints at hidden ocean beneath the surface ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ After analyzing some New Horizons images of Pluto, scientists found a supervolcano likely erupted on the planet as recently as a few million years ago. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 13:00:01 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 15:15:45 +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/zjBQZuE7X24fisUku6rh3c-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[This image of Pluto clearly shows the heart-shaped region studied by the team.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[An image of Pluto.]]></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>
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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[ 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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                                                                                                                    <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[ Cracks on Pluto's moon Charon may be evidence of a frozen subsurface ocean ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The icy volcanism of Pluto's moon Charon may be driven by an internal frozen ocean erupted through a thin shell. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2023 13:44:24 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Pluto]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Robert Lea ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/sNWY5SyYTTLNgK6fokkA4Q-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Artwork of the dwarf planet Pluto (left) and its largest moon Charon.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Artwork of the dwarf planet Pluto (left) and its largest moon Charon.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Why is Pluto not a planet?  ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto, officially a dwarf planet, has surprising complexity on its surface. While certainly a world, not everyone agrees it is a planet. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:25:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 15:17:34 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Adam Mann ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Hh7DTBbNjh3BvssARc2oYL-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[The New Horizons mission&#039;s 2015 flyby of Pluto showed scientists geologic activity far more complex than they expected to find.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[close up of pluto with rippled terrain and an ice cap visible below]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto explorer deep dives to the Titanic ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ For planetary scientist Alan Stern, witnessing the 20th century deep sea sarcophagus that is the Titanic serves up analogies to spaceflight. ]]>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Leonard David ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/dFZauZh55zphCvxRTumapD-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Titanic expedition patch. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Titanic expedition patch reading &quot;Titanic: the Ultimate Dive 2022. 110th anniversary.&quot;]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto: Everything you need to know about the dwarf planet ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system, it was demoted in 2006 to dwarf planet status. We explore this icy body in more detail here. ]]>
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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/DoZSMXF87kCuzbymsuEFHo-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Enhanced color view of Pluto using images from New Horizons Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) and color data from the spacecraft&#039;s Ralph Instrument. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto against the black background of space. The planet is a mix of colors from dark blood-red to white and a dusting of yellow at the top. In the lower right side of the image, the large white expanse of the Tombaugh Regio takes the shape of a heart. ]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Dim Pluto reaches its brightest as the third-quarter moon meets Mars in the night sky ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-brightest-third-quarter-moon-2022</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ Here's how to observe these solar system worlds overnight Wednesday (July 20) and Thursday (July 21). ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2022 19:31:44 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 22:29:19 +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/JFUFXsmEeHin2EBigwcV3G-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto will be at opposition on July 20. ]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Starry Night]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Pluto's moon Charon sports a red polar cap that forms as seasons change ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ The red cap on Pluto's moon Charon results when ultraviolet light and the solar wind interact with hydrocarbons and turn them into a soup of organic compounds dubbed tholins. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:00:20 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:30:44 +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/SDwLPZFqX9yrT3zRhSq36M-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Pluto&#039;s largest moon, Charon, as seen by New Horizons as it flew past in 2015. Its red cap of tholins is evident at the top of the picture.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Charon beauty shot]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curious Kids: Why does it matter if Pluto is a planet or a dwarf planet? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/pluto-dwarf-planet-or-no-why-matters</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ "Comet," "star" and "planet" are category names that immediately tell you something important about what they describe. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2022 11:14:17 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Wed, 01 Mar 2023 15:28:56 +0000</updated>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Samantha Lawler ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Z9Zm72WXJ6yJq3Fufys4HR-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A collage shows a New Horizons image of Pluto against a space background.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A collage shows a New Horizons image of Pluto against a space background.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ What's it like to be on Venus or Pluto? We studied their sand dunes and found some clues. ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/sand-dunes-clues-venus-pluto-planet-surface-conditions</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ What is it like to be on the surface of Mars or Venus? Or even further afield, such as on Pluto, or Saturn's moon Titan? ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:00:23 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Solar System]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Andrew Gunn ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/BCKXZs9YeHXscMS5SU9EJ4-1280-80.jpeg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[Sand blown by wind into ripples within Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum on Mars, as photographed by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3, 2006.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Sand blown by wind into ripples within Victoria Crater at Meridiani Planum on Mars, as photographed by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on October 3, 2006.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ How Pluto walks a tightrope between a stable and chaotic orbit ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto is lucky to exist in the orbit that it does, according to new computer simulations that show how the dwarf planet skirts near a chaotic orbit that could potentially destroy the beloved world. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:11:33 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                <updated>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 14:16:35 +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/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[Pluto, as seen by NASA&#039;s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.]]></media:text>
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                                                            <title><![CDATA[ Curious kids: What is a dwarf planet? ]]></title>
                                                                                                                                                                                                <link>https://www.space.com/what-is-a-dwarf-planet</link>
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                            <![CDATA[ In 2006, and after much debate, the International Astronomical Union came up with a new definition for a planet. And for the first time, the term "dwarf planet" was used. ]]>
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                                                                        <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2022 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                <category><![CDATA[Dwarf Planets]]></category>
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                                                                                                                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Vahe Peroomian ]]></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, the largest of the dwarf planets. This image was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[Pluto, the largest of the dwarf planets. This image was taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.]]></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">
                                                            <media:credit><![CDATA[NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko]]></media:credit>
                                                                                                                                                                        <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>
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                            <![CDATA[ The icy process may be present on other worlds. ]]>
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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[ 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[ Pluto's atmosphere is starting to disappear, scientists find ]]></title>
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                            <![CDATA[ Pluto's atmosphere is going through a strange transformation, scientists are finding. ]]>
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                                                                                                <author><![CDATA[ chelseagohd@gmail.com (Chelsea Gohd) ]]></author>                    <dc:creator><![CDATA[ Chelsea Gohd ]]></dc:creator>                                                                                                    <media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/xcW4nVBXuEXDeyKQgRGm29-1280-80.jpg">
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                                                                                                                                                                        <media:description><![CDATA[A new study shows how Pluto&#039;s atmosphere is disappearing.]]></media:description>                                                            <media:text><![CDATA[A new study shows how Pluto&#039;s atmosphere is disappearing.]]></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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