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New Horizons completes Pluto fly-by

Hamish Johnston

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Stunning images of Pluto were acquired last month by the New Horizons spacecraft as it came to within 12,500 km of the dwarf planet, which lies some 7.5 billion kilometres from Earth.

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Stunning images of Pluto were acquired last month by the New Horizons spacecraft as it came to within 12,500 km of the dwarf planet, which lies some 7.5 billion kilometres from Earth.

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Stunning images of Pluto were acquired last month by the New Horizons spacecraft as it came to within 12,500 km of the dwarf planet, which lies some 7.5 billion kilometres from Earth.

Key concepts: Pluto, New horizons, Dwarf planet, Astrobiology, Planet, Spacecraft, Geology, Astronomy

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