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Dwarf Planets, New Horizons, News, Pluto

Spotlight On Pluto’s Frozen Polar Canyons

27 Feb , 2016 by Bob King

We turn our gaze away from Pluto’s “heart” to explore the ancient ice canyons of its north polar region.

canyons, Charon, Featured, New Horizons, PITS, Pluto, polar region, water

Earth, Earth Observation

Massive ‘Grand Canyon’ Found Hidden Beneath Greenland’s Ice

29 Aug , 2013 by Nancy Atkinson

There’s a “Chuck Norris fact” that says Chuck once went skydiving but promised never to do it again, saying one Grand Canyon is enough. But Chuck must have taken another jump millions of years ago. Data gathered by NASA’s Operation IceBridge, an aerial science observation mission, has uncovered a previously unknown massive canyon in Greenland, […]

canyons, greenland, Operation IceBridge

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