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    10 THINGS July 14

    Looking Back at Pluto

    In July 2015, we saw Pluto up close for the first time and—after three years of intense study—the surprises keep coming. “It’s clear,” says Jeffery Moore, New Horizons’ geology team lead, “Pluto is one of the most amazing and complex objects in our solar system.”

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    Celebrating Pluto

    Scientist Carey Lisse reacts after the New Horizons team received confirmation the spacecraft completed the flyby of Pluto in July 2015.

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    Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface

    July

    2018
    This is the most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time.
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