The Coolest Images Taken by NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft

A glimpse of Quaoar

Gif: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

In July 2016, New Horizons spotted Quaoar, a distant Kuiper Belt object measuring 690 miles (1,110 km) across.

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A lunar crash may have destroyed Neptune's original set of moons, leaving one oddball behind.

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Europa Vapor Plume Artist Impression Crop

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Fluffy Ice Chamber Experiment Cross Section

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View Of Moon Over Earth Expedition Crew 37

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