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    Pluto’s ‘Snakeskin’ Terrain: Cradle of the Solar System?

    The Bladed Terrain of Tartarus Dorsa

    Today's blog post is from Orkan Umurhan, a mathematical physicist currently working as a senior post-doc at NASA Ames Research Center. He has been on the New Horizons Science Team for over two years. He specializes in astrophysical and geophysical fluid dynamics, and now works on a variety of geophysical problems, including landform evolution modeling …

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    The Polygons of Pluto

    Pluto's Al-Idrisi Montes

    Today's blog is from Katie Knight, an undergraduate student at Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City, Tennessee. She works with the New Horizons team to help map some of the unusual terrain on Pluto, seeking patterns and estimating sizes and shapes of some of its unusual features. Hello! My name is Katie Knight, and I'm here …

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