Pluto

Pluto: A Dwarf Planet Oddity (Infographic)0
- From Around the Web, Space
- September 2, 2016
Pluto is a very strange world. With satellites like Charon and New Horizons, we have learned a little more about it.

By David Aragorn
The Jagged Shores of Pluto’s Highlands 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 11, 2016
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft zooms in on the southeastern portion of Pluto’s great ice plains, giving us new information about the surface.

By David Aragorn
What Is This Weird Glowing Spot Hovering Over Pluto?0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 3, 2016
Is it aliens? Sure sounds like aliens—but these strange, glowing patches over Pluto are actually something else (almost) as mysterious.

By David Aragorn
Does Pluto’s heart have a pulse? Peculiar polygons suggest activity on dwarf planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 3, 2016
Pluto’s distinctive heart-shaped feature may appear still, but it’s actually made up of churning icy cells, scientists say.

By David Aragorn
New Horizons’ Best Close-Up of Pluto’s Surface 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 27, 2016
New Horizons has given us the closest image of Pluto’s surface, letting us see what it’s like on the icy terrain.

By David Aragorn
Close encounters of a tidal kind could lead to cracks on icy moons 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 25, 2016
A new model developed by University of Rochester researchers could offer a new explanation as to how cracks on icy moons, such as Pluto’s Charon, formed.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s ‘Fretted’ Terrain 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 20, 2016
New Horizons gives us a picture of Pluto’s surface, and the area is ‘fretted’.

By David Aragorn
First Stellar Occultations Shed Additional Light on Pluto’s Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 17, 2016
New Horizons has observed on how Pluto’s atmosphere effects ultraviolet rays passing through it, and how it effects we observe stars beyond it.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s Icy Moon Hydra 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 6, 2016
New compositional data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft reveal a distinct water-ice signature on the surface of Pluto’s outermost moon, Hydra.

By David Aragorn
Pluto’s Interaction with the Solar Wind is Unique, Study Finds 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- May 4, 2016
Using data from the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument from the New Horizons July 2015 flyby, scientists have for the first time observed the material coming off of Pluto’s atmosphere and studied how it interacts with the solar wind, leading to yet another “Pluto surprise.”

By David Aragorn