Pluto

HISTORY

Ever wonder why we've only visited Pluto once? Space seems empty, but getting there involves solving puzzles that would make Einstein scratch his head. One slight miscalculation early on becomes a mission-ending disaster years later.

EDITORIAL

In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took stunning pictures of Pluto. But, to many people’s chagrin, it’s still not a planet. It never was.



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