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Destination: A Small Red World Beyond Pluto

Destination: A Small Red World Beyond Pluto By Judith E Braffman-Miller

In the distant perpetual twilight of the deep-freeze of our Solar System, a multitude of sparkling icy objects–both large and small–circle our Sun beyond the orbit of the giant, gaseous, and beautiful blue planet Neptune, which is the outermost of the eight major planets from our Sun. Here, in the mysterious and frigid Kuiper…

Charon Reveals The Secrets Of Its Past

Charon Reveals The Secrets Of Its Past

  Charon Reveals The Secrets Of Its Past By Judith E Braffman-Miller

Cold, dimly lit, and distant, the Kuiper Beltis the home of a multitude of icy comet nuclei, that circle our Star, the Sun, in a fabulous, fantastic dance. Here, in the strange deep freeze of our Solar System’s outer limits, the ice dwarf planet Pluto and its five moons reside with others…

Pluto System Family Portrait 

Moons of Pluto - Nix & Hydra

Pluto’s moon Nix (Left) has been colour enhanced but the red feature has scientists intrigued.  

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