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New data gathered from the New Horizons spacecraft suggests that Pluto has a far more abundant reserve of water ice than previously believed.
NASA’s New Horizons space probe has sent back the first set of high-resolution images of Pluto ever seen.
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.
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, 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 more than a decade old. Is it up for it’s grand mission?
