Jul 14thThe New Horizons Pluto mission is a big deal, here are some reasons why

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is about to show us an alien world for the first time. At precisely 7:49 am ET on Tuesday, the probe will become the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto. All this data will be enormously valuable to scientists as they seek to understand our solar system and how it formed billions of years ago. More than anything, this mission is about broadening our horizons — taking in just a little bit more of the impossibly vast universe we live in.

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