Dunes are known to form on Earth, Mars, Venus, Titan, and Comet 67P – and…
Browsing: Pluto
Pluto is a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, a region of icy bodies beyond Neptune, and was once considered the ninth planet in the solar system until its reclassification by the International Astronomical Union in 2006. Despite its small size and distant orbit, Pluto has captivated scientists and the public alike, especially following NASA’s New Horizons flyby in 2015, which revealed a surprisingly dynamic world with towering ice mountains, vast nitrogen glaciers, and a possible subsurface ocean. Pluto’s complex geology and thin atmosphere challenge previous assumptions about what small, icy bodies can be, making it a focal point in the study of planetary formation and the diversity of worlds in our solar system.
Legendary explorers and visionaries, real and fictitious, are among those immortalized by the IAU in…
Heat generated by the gravitational pull of moons formed from massive collisions could extend the…
Observations from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft show that Pluto is much colder than predicted, suggesting…
New research reveals that the strange formations on Pluto’s surface are made almost entirely of…
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named 14 Pluto surface features and many more…
Using data from New Horizons and digital elevation models of Pluto and its largest moon…
Chandra reveals that the X-ray emission from Pluto is as strong as that coming from…
A new NASA video uses more than 100 images taken by the New Horizons Spacecraft…
A team of researchers used a model similar to what meteorologists use to forecast weather…
New research looks to solve the many mysteries of Pluto’s icy heart-shaped feature. Was Pluto’s…
New data from NASA’s New Horizons Mission reveals evidence of any icy, slushy ocean beneath…
Using Chandra, a team of astronomers has detected X-rays from Pluto for the first time.…
New research reveals that Charon’s reddish polar coloring comes from Pluto itself. In June 2015,…
This newly released image shows the southernmost part of Pluto that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft…
One year ago, NASA’s New Horizons mission made history by exploring Pluto and its moons…
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms in Pluto’s great ice plains and Krun Macula. This enhanced…
New images from the New Horizons Spacecraft reveal the complex atmospheric haze layers of Pluto.…