With a successful fly-by of the planet Pluto behind us, now we wait for the real exciting stuff - hi-res close-ups of the farthest planetary body. New Horizons made its closest approach to Pluto Tuesday, about 7,750 miles above the surface — roughly the same distance from New York to Mumbai, India — making it the first-ever space mission to explore a world so far from Earth.
Read about here at New Horizons.
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A couple of more images from Mikey's Place
NGC 5906 - the Splinter Galaxy NGC 5906, commonly known as the Splinter Galaxy, is a striking edge-on spiral galaxy residing approximately 5...

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We had an unscheduled ' entertainment ' activity last evening (actually, early morning of the 13th). The ship ran into a fairly lar...
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Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS), first discovered in early 2023, has been zooming towards the inner solar system ever since. Earlier thi...
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