After a 9.5-year journey, New Horizons screams past Pluto at 14 km/s, returning the first close-up images of the dwarf planet and revealing nitrogen glaciers, water-ice mountains, and a 'heart' of frozen plains.
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Hayabusa 2 launches to asteroid Ryugu
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