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NASA is seeking out the help of the public to keep an eye on the ice giants Uranus and Neptune as its New Horizons spacecraft observes the duo from deep space. The mission team is inviting all amateur astronomers to help make "a real contribution to space science."
New Horizons was launched on January 19, 2006, and has since passed Jupiter
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Pluto is an icy dwarf planet that usually lies beyond the orbit of Neptune in the Kuiper Belt.
The dwarf planet is smaller than Earth's Moon, with red snow-capped mountains as tall as the Rockies.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flight through the Pluto system in 2015, providing the first close-up...
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