NASA's New Horizons travels 4.3 billion miles to perform the first 'parallax' experiment
Daily MailNASA's New Horizons was the first to closely explore Pluto and now the spacecraft has ventured deeper into space to snap images of 'an alien sky.' The left image shows Proxima Centauri taken by New Horizons and right is how it is seen from Earth NASA explains that when you hold your finger at arm's length and you see it jump back by closing one eye and then switching to the other. The success of the parallax experiment will now help scientists measure the distanced of stars and identify where they are located in space – the team just needs to compare New Horizon's images with those snapped on Earth Queen guitarist and stereo imaging enthusiast Brian May created the images that clearly show the effect of the vast distance between Earth and the two nearby stars. ET, capturing history's first close look at the distant world In 2015, New Horizons flew past Pluto at 7:49 a.m.
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