Image of the week: Pluto and Charon's fascinating embrace
New simulations propose a 'Kiss and Capture' scenario to explain the evolution of the dwarf planet and its main moon.
BBC8 个月
Pluto: What are NASA’s five big discoveries so far?
Dark streaks on Pluto's plains hinted at winds moving across the surface. Scientists who examined the images from New Horizons identified a daily weather cycle similar to Earth's. But instead of ...
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Dwarf planet Pluto
A blue atmosphere, smooth areas, and youthful mountain ranges - this dwarf planet is full of surprises. When NASA's New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in July 2015, the images it returned astonished ...
Business Insider India2 年
First false-color images from NASA show off Pluto's complex surface features
Images and data have been flowing in since NASA's epic New Horizons Pluto flyby on Tuesday morning, and the latest image released shows an exaggerated color map of Pluto and its moon Charon.
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The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds
This composite image of Pluto, right, and Charon, its largest moon, showcases photos captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in July 2015. Credit: NASA / JHUAPL / SwRI Unlike how scientists ...
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Pluto is brighter this week than any other time of the year- here's how to spot it
As shown in the image below, Pluto looks similar to the background ... a shorter amount of time because it's closer to Earth and moving relatively fast as it orbits the sun. Pluto is just above ...