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NASA image: Artist Concept: Flying by a 2014 MU69
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Sep 6, 2017

Artist Concept: Flying by a 2014 MU69

Artist's concept of the New Horizons spacecraft flying by a possible binary 2014 MU69 on Jan. 1, 2019. Early...

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NASA image: A Kuiper Belt Pair? Artist's Concept of 2014 MU69 as a Binary Object
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Aug 3, 2017

A Kuiper Belt Pair? Artist's Concept of 2014 MU69 as a Binary Object

This is one artist's concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, the next flyby target for NASA's New Horizons mission....

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NASA image: Artist's Concept of 2014 MU69 as a Single Object
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Aug 3, 2017

Artist's Concept of 2014 MU69 as a Single Object

Artist's concept of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69, which is the next flyby target for NASA's New Horizons mission....

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NASA image: NASA ScienceCasts: Watch the History of our Solar System Fly By with MU69
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Jul 8, 2019

NASA ScienceCasts: Watch the History of our Solar System Fly By with MU69

Scientists are unlocking clues about the earliest formation of our solar system from a Kuiper Belt Object known as...

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NASA image: New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt
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Dec 11, 2017

New Horizons Corrects Its Course in the Kuiper Belt

The New Horizons spacecraft is about 300 million miles (483 million kilometers) from 2014 MU69, the Kuiper Belt...

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NASA image: New Horizons Encountering 2014 MU69 (Artist's Impression)
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Jan 4, 2018

New Horizons Encountering 2014 MU69 (Artist's Impression)

Artist's impression of NASA's New Horizons spacecraft encountering 2014 MU69, a Kuiper Belt object that orbits one...

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NASA image: Wink of a Star
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Jul 19, 2017

Wink of a Star

NASA's New Horizons team trained mobile telescopes on an unnamed star (circled) from a remote area of Argentina on...

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NASA image: New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby
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Dec 31, 2018

New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby

Marc Buie of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Bounder, CO discusses the process of finding MU69 Ultima...

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NASA image: New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby
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Dec 31, 2018

New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby

New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) speaks about Kuiper Belt object...

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NASA image: New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby
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Dec 31, 2018

New Horizons Ultima Thule Flyby

New Horizons co-investigator Cathy Olkin of the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) speaks about Kuiper Belt object...

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