New NASA Videos Soar Over the Mountains and Icy Plains of the Pluto System
Using data from New Horizons and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, NASA scientists have created two flyover movies that offer…
Using data from New Horizons and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon Charon, NASA scientists have created two flyover movies that offer…
Chandra reveals that the X-ray emission from Pluto is as strong as that coming from solar system objects with much more substantial atmospheres. Pluto is…
A new NASA video uses more than 100 images taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft to reveal a trip to Pluto’s informally named Sputnik Planitia….
A team of researchers used a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather and a computer simulation of the physics of evaporating ices…
New research looks to solve the many mysteries of Pluto’s icy heart-shaped feature. Was Pluto’s frozen heart formed in an ancient impact basin and was…
New data from NASA’s New Horizons Mission reveals evidence of any icy, slushy ocean beneath Pluto’s heart-shaped basin. Beneath Pluto’s “heart” lies a cold, slushy…
Using Chandra, a team of astronomers has detected X-rays from Pluto for the first time. This X-ray emission comes from the interaction between Pluto’s atmosphere…
New research reveals that Charon’s reddish polar coloring comes from Pluto itself. In June 2015, when the cameras on NASA’s approaching New Horizons spacecraft first…
This newly released image shows the southernmost part of Pluto that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft could “see” during its closest approach in July 2015. The…
One year ago, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by exploring Pluto and its moons – giving humankind our first real look at this fascinating…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms in Pluto’s great ice plains and Krun Macula. This enhanced color view from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft shows the southeastern…
New images from the New Horizons Spacecraft reveal the complex atmospheric haze layers of Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto…
This new close-up image of Pluto’s surface is the most detailed image revealed to date by the New Horizons Spacecraft. This is the most detailed…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveals a distinct water-ice signature on the surface of Pluto’s outermost moon, Hydra. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has sent home the…
NASA releases a new elevation map of Pluto’s heart-shaped surface area. This newest shaded relief view of the region surrounding the left side of Pluto’s…
This newly released image from the New Horizons Spacecraft looks within Pluto’s informally named Vega Terra region, showing a field of eye-catching craters that looks…
New images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal that Pluto’s haze varies in brightness. Scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission team are learning more about…
This newly released image shows a frozen, former lake of liquid nitrogen, which is located in a mountain range just north of Pluto’s informally named…