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Year in review: Pluto unveiled as a world like no other

Dwarf planet wows with unexpected landscapes and blue skies

Pluto

WORLD LIKE NO OTHER  Long out of reach, Pluto came into focus in 2015 with the New Horizons mission.

JHU-APL, NASA, SwRI

By Christopher Crockett

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