NASA’s fascination with Pluto is finally taking shape in the form of a newly released paper. Named “The Pluto System: Initial Results from its exploration by new Horizons”, it is the first paper that has been peer-reviewed, which is discussing geological activity in all of its forms on Charon and Pluto. It also tackles Pluto’s atmosphere, its composition and the conclusions … [Read more...]
Pluto Is Getting More And More Attention
The stories surrounding Pluto are fascinating and growing in popularity with every minute. The dwarf planet has revealed itself to be one of the most magnificent places in our solar system and with every new image and every new piece of data that NASA is receiving from New Horizons, Pluto is getting more and more attention. There are two major subjects that we want to talk … [Read more...]
NASA Redirects New Horizons to Icy Planetoid
As the images captured by NASA’s New Horizons after circling the former planet of Pluto where being sent back to Earth, John Grunsfeld, Chieff of the NASA Mission Directorate and his team where already plotting the probe’s next target. In his own words: “we are looking outward to the next destination for this intrepid explorer.” The target was set for the icy planetoid … [Read more...]
