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Magic Professor: Magicians Tap Into What It Means to Be Human
Magic depends on understanding an audience’s psychology.
Pluto Contains Lot More Water Ice Than Previously Thought, According to NASA (Video)
New data gathered from the New Horizons spacecraft suggests that Pluto has a far more abundant reserve of water ice than previously believed.
New Horizons Space Probe Brings First Set of High-Resolution Images of Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons space probe has sent back the first set of high-resolution images of Pluto ever seen.
Pluto Revisited: The Case for Reinstating Its Planetary Status
The New Horizons space probe voyage to Pluto has helped to create new interest in learning about our solar system. And it has refocused attention on the issue of Pluto’s demotion from planetary status. I hope to convince you, in this article, that this unfortunate decision should be reversed.
New Horizons Finally Gets Up Close With Pluto—For 15 Minutes
It doesn’t sound much of a reward for all the effort of designing and building the spacecraft—but for planetary scientists, the data coming back from the mission is pure gold.
Pluto and Its Collision-Course Place in Our Solar System
Pluto, a celestial oddball, could tell us a lot about the formation of the Solar System. A probe flyby on July 14 will start bringing in the data!
New Horizons Is an Old Spacecraft—but It Will Transform Our Knowledge of Pluto
New Horizons is more than a decade old. Is it up for it’s grand mission?
