Online conspiracy theorists have reacted to the stunning images of Pluto, like shown on the left, being sent back by the New Horizons spacecraft by claiming Nasa has faked them. They say Pluto and New Horizons spacecraft does not exist (like in the tweet on the left) or that the US government has been trying to hide evidence of aliens on the dwarf planet. One YouTube user has even posted images taken using his own backyard telescope and compared them to Nasa's images as evidence of the 'fraud'. However their views have been mocked on social media and by scientists.
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The image was released ahead of a press conference tomorrow where dozens of images of Pluto and its moons are expected to be released.
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The space rock has attracted the attention of asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, because of its 90 million tonne core of platinum that the company might one day want to exploit. Asteroid 2011 UW-158 will pass within 1.5 million miles from Earth on Sunday - 30 times closer than the nearest planet. UW-158 is less than a kilometre across, but is thought to be potentially immensely valuable because of its platinum core.
Did prehistoric humans use DENTISTS? 14,000-year-old tooth decay found to have been scraped out with sharpened stone
A tooth from the remains of a Palaeolithic hunter found in north east Italy has been found to have tiny cut marks from a sharp flint tool used to dig out infected tissue. The tooth had a large hole in it (as shown in the image on the left) but when put under an electron microscope, distinctive marks became clear (as can be seen on the bottom right). Archaeologists say it is the earliest example of dental treatment among humans. The image on the top right show the areas of the tooth where the cut marks were most obvious and material appears to have been levered out with the tool.
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Nazi gold hoard unearthed: 217 coins found with swastika seal were buried underneath a tree during last days of World War II
Armed with a metal detector, Florian Bautsch found 10 coins in a hollow under a tree near the northern town of Lueneburg (marked on the map inset) and professionals then excavated another 207 (pictured). They are of French, Belgian, Italian and Austro-Hungarian origin and date from 1831 to 1910. Two aluminium seals featuring swastikas, eagles and the words 'Reichsbank Berlin 244 were discovered under the field with the coins.
Never lose your keys again! Trakkies warn you if you're about to leave the house without your purse, phone and more
Called 'Trakkies', the tiny circular tags (pictured) can be attached to anything to alert a user if they have forgotten to pick up an item. They work by flashing their LEDs (pictured top right) or making a noise. The devices can also be used with a smartphone app, which then gives precise directions to where the item can be found. Trakkies sense movement and 'communicate' with each other via Bluetooth to determine whether a person is about to leave an area without essential items.
Loch Ness expert who has spent 24 years watching for Nessie and even lost his girlfriend and home says he now believes it is nothing but a CATFISH
For almost a quarter of a century Steve Feltham, 52, (pictured top left) originally from Dorset, was convinced the waters of Loch Ness held a family of prehistoric monsters - but now he claims Nessie doesn't exist. He left his job fitting security cameras, his girlfriend and his home to move to the banks of Loch Ness and devote his time to searching for the legendary monster in 1991.
What's next for New Horizons? Probe may be first to venture into icy Kuiper Belt surrounding our solar system after historic Pluto mission
Nasa is to consider sending the New Horizons probe to one of two frozen objects, like the one shown in the artists impression top right, in the ring of debris orbiting four billion miles from the sun. The spacecraft has power to last 20 more years and could even travel out of our solar system into interstellar space (illustrated in the graphic on the left). The first images beamed back to Earth by New Horizons following its close encounter with Pluto earlier this week have revealed mountains of ice towering around 11,000 feet high (shown in the image bottom right).
Welcome to Iceworld: Stunning first hi-def image of Pluto reveals huge 11,000 foot mountains made of water ice and a geologically active surface
A historic image of Pluto, with 10 times the resolution of anything ever seen before, has been unveiled by Nasa, after the New Horizons probe made a successful flyby of the dwarf planet yesterday. The image shows mountains that likely formed no more than 100 million years ago - mere youngsters relative to the 4.56-billion-year age of the solar system - and may still be in the process of building. That suggests the close-up region, shown in relation to Pluto on the bottom right, covers less than one percent of Pluto's surface, may still be geologically active today, and experts believe it could still have geysers and even volcanic activity. The top right image shows a glimpse of one of Pluto's moons, Charon.
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Welcome to the house of the future! Self-cleaning clothes, indoor allotments and smart shower curtains set to make home life easier by 2030
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The terrifying 'bloodthirsty giant peacock': New species of 5ft long winged dinosaur discovered - and it hints that Velociraptors were covered in feathers too
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