NASA Reveals Closest Look Ever at Pluto

U.S. scientists are releasing photos Wednesday that offer the closest look ever at Pluto, after an unmanned NASA spacecraft whizzed by the distant dwarf planet following its nearly 10-year journey of 4.8 billion kilometers (nearly 3 billion miles). The nuclear-powered New Horizons — moving faster than any spacecraft ever built previously, at a speed of about 49,570 kilometers per hour (30,800 miles per hour) — snapped pictures of Pluto as it hurtled by. The photos reveal details of the...

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