It's time for Pluto to shine

Alex Cnossen • Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>It's time for Pluto to shine</h1>
                <h2><p>Pluto's stepping out of the icy edges of the solar system and into our living rooms. Tomorrow, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past the dwarf planent and its moons after traveling more than nine years and 3 billion miles to get there, NBC reports.

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            <p>Pluto's stepping out of the icy edges of the solar system and into our living rooms. Tomorrow, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past the dwarf planent and its moons after traveling more than nine years and 3 billion miles to get there, NBC <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/science/space/prime-time-pluto-new-horizons-probe-closes-historic-flyby-n390931?ref=avalancheghost.one">reports</a>.</p><p>The main goal of the mission is to map out Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. NASA also hopes to obtain pictures of at least a couple of Pluto's four smaller moons as well. Scientists say the pictures will help them understand how planets were formed billions of years ago.</p><figure class="kg-card kg-embed-card"><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" scrolling="no" src="http://player.theplatform.com/p/2E2eJC/nbcNewsOffsite?guid=f_fh_plutocraft_150414" width="435"></iframe></figure>
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Pluto's stepping out of the icy edges of the solar system and into our living rooms. Tomorrow, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will sweep past the dwarf planent and its moons after traveling more than nine years and 3 billion miles to get there, NBC reports.

The main goal of the mission is to map out Pluto and its largest moon, Charon. NASA also hopes to obtain pictures of at least a couple of Pluto's four smaller moons as well. Scientists say the pictures will help them understand how planets were formed billions of years ago.

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By Alex Cnossen

Alex Cnossen is a Northwest native and has worked for several local publications, including KOMO, KIRO and KING-TV. He grew up in Portland and loves to run and write. Follow him on Twitter @CnossenAle