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New Horizons: Beyond Pluto

#UltimaThule is an icy rock located ~1 billion miles past Pluto in the Kuiper Belt. On #NewYearsEve, our New Horizons spacecraft will fly within 2,220 miles of this object, providing the first close-up look at such a pristine building block of the solar system. Get the latest update:


How Can Galaxies Travel Faster Than Light?

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Probably my biggest regret when I made the Hubble Deep Field in 3D video is saying the phrase “these galaxies are racing away from us, in some cases faster than light”.

I had originally thought I was being clever and the comment would spur discussion. instead there was no discussion, only name calling and I mightily regretted putting it in there.

Anyway, this video was a long time coming, I had been meaning to make this for some time to illustrate what I was talking about.

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http://www.archive.org/details/kpu107