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Jupiter has twelve new moons and scientists want your help in naming five of them
Tech2 News Staff •The new moons bring Jupiter's total count to 79, making it the most moon-rich planet in our system.
IAU names two lunar craters to honour NASA's Apollo 8 for its historic voyage
Ians •Apollo 8 spacecraft carried three astronauts into orbit around the moon for the first time in 1968.
Pluto's more prominent surface features get official names honouring yesteryear's pioneers
Tech2 News Staff •The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGSPN) has officially named some of the more prominent surface features on the planet.
Vulcan dreams shattered as Pluto's moons get Greek names
Fp Staff •The discoverers of Pluto's two tiniest moons at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California had initiated a competition named 'Pluto Rocks', in which they invited the public to vote for their favourite names.
Vulcan dreams shattered as Pluto's moons get Greek names
Fp Staff •The discoverers of Pluto's two tiniest moons at the Carl Sagan Center of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California had initiated a competition named 'Pluto Rocks', in which they invited the public to vote for their favourite names.