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The New Horizons mission is an active NASA space probe studying the outer solar system. Launched in 2006, it achieved a historic flyby of Pluto in 2015 providing unprecedented images and data about the dwarf planet’s surface and atmosphere. Subsequently, New Horizons conducted a close encounter with...

Alan Stern is a prominent modern astronomer specializing in planetary science. He spearheaded the New Horizons mission’s historic flyby of Pluto in 2015, significantly advancing our understanding of the dwarf planet and outer solar system. His work is primarily for scientists, researchers, and educa...

"Elaenia" is the debut studio album by British electronic musician Sam Shepherd, who records under the name Floating Points. Released in 2015, the album is recognized for its complex integration of live instrumentation, including jazz improvisation and orchestral strings, with electronic production...

Clyde Tombaugh was an American astronomer whose meticulous work led to the discovery of Pluto in 1930. Utilizing photographic comparison charts at Lowell Observatory, he identified a subtle planetary movement indicating its existence. This discovery significantly advanced our understanding of the so...

Marc Buie is an American astronomer affiliated with the Southwest Research Institute, specializing in planetary science and the study of the outer solar system. He is widely recognized for his extensive observations of Pluto and his role on the discovery team that identified two of its small moons,...

Mike Brown is an American astronomer and professor of planetary astronomy at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). He specializes in the discovery and study of trans-Neptunian objects and the outer solar system. Brown led the teams that discovered several distant bodies, including the dw...

Norm Ferguson was an American animator at Walt Disney Productions noted for his expressive, character-driven approach to movement. He is widely recognized for his animation of Pluto in the 1930s, where he pioneered techniques involving overlapping action and the illusion of weight. Ferguson also des...

John R. Spencer is a planetary scientist at the Southwest Research Institute whose work examines the surfaces, atmospheres, and thermal properties of bodies in the outer Solar System. He has conducted influential observations of volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io and thermal emission from icy mo...

Marc W. Buie is an American astronomer at the Southwest Research Institute whose research has focused on the outer Solar System. His work includes studies of Pluto and Kuiper Belt objects, as well as observations of stellar occultations involving bodies in the outer Solar System. He has also been as...

Percival Lowell was an American astronomer, mathematician, author, and businessman who founded Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, in 1894. He used the observatory to study Mars and promoted the hypothesis that the planet contained canals, a view that influenced public discussion but was not a...