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Universe Today, and ,Matt Williams

How bright is the Universe? NASA’s Pluto probe shines a light on the long-standing enigma


Over seven years ago, the New Horizons mission made history when it became the first spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Pluto. In the leadup to this encounter, the spacecraft provided updated data and images of many objects in the inner and outer Solar System. Once beyond the orbit of Pluto and its moons, it embarked on a new mission: to make the first encounter with a Kuiper Belt Object (KBO). This historic flyby occurred about four years ago (December 31, 2015) when New Horizons zipped past Arrokoth (aka. 2014 MU69).

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