A postage stamp broke the world record after traveling 3.26 billion miles inside the New Horizons spacecraft and reaching Pluto. It remains to be seen if there will be anyone there to receive the letter sent from Earth or it will be returned to sender. The Postal Service headquarters honored the record with a very formal ceremony, recollecting the history of letter deliveries … [Read more...]
New Images from Pluto
The New Horizons spacecraft had taken the most impressive images so far from the surface of Pluto. NASA made public the photographs that were taken in July 2015, when New Horizons reached the closest distance to Pluto. The mission started when Pluto was still thought to be a planet. At this point, NASA doesn’t have any further plans to explore Pluto. Without any new missions, … [Read more...]
Charon Might Have Harbored a Subsurface Ocean
Charon might have harbored a subsurface ocean according to NASA. The latest image released by the U.S. space agency and received from New Horizons shows a system of tectonic faults which would have caused the surface of Pluto’s moon to stretch and fracture in the process. The subsurface ocean on Charon may have helped the moon’s surface to fracture as it froze. Water ice … [Read more...]
The Moving Hills of Pluto are Icebergs Moving on Ice
The moving hills of Pluto are icebergs moving on ice. It may sound whimsical, yet this is the conclusion scientists reaches after analyzing the latest batch of images received from New Horizons. Organized in clusters, these moving hills may stretch for miles across Pluto’s surface. At the same time, the wide iceberg clusters are moving. New Horizons captured these images from … [Read more...]
Cassini’s Journey Is Dangerous
New Horizons has made some pretty good progress in terms of distance and the same can be said about NASA’s Cassini. In fact, Cassini’s journey is dangerous right now, especially with the passing through towards Saturn’s Enceladus moon. The mission is one of great importance, since it might reveal whether there has ever been life in this area of our solar system ever … [Read more...]
