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NASA extends the New Horizons mission through the late 2020s

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will be able to keep exploring its exotic environs for at least another five years. The space agency announced on 29 September that it will keep New Horizons’ lights on while it’s still zooming through the Kuiper Belt, the expansive ring of icy bodies beyond Neptune’s orbit. “The New Horizons mission has a unique position in

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