Tag: Pluto Fly By

Washington: Nearly 10 days after its Pluto fly-by, NASA’s New Horizons mission has found evidence of exotic ices flowing across Pluto’s surface and a surprising extended haze – a phenomenon only seen on active worlds like Earth and Mars. “With flowing ices, exotic surface chemistry, mountain ranges and vast haze, Pluto is showing a diversity […]

Washington: The New Horizons probe has found a second mountain range situated between bright, icy plains and dark, heavily-cratered terrain on the lower-left edge of Pluto. The new, less lofty mountain range lies near the bright, heart-shaped southwestern margin of Pluto’s Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region). The newly-discovered frozen peaks are estimated to be one-1.5 km […]

Washington: A close-up image of Pluto has revealed a vast, craterless plain – resembling frozen mud cracks on Earth that appears to be no more than 100 million years old and is still being shaped by geologic processes. This frozen region is north of Pluto’s icy mountains, in the centre-left of the heart feature named […]

Washington: NASA’s New Horizons probe has discovered a stunning mountain range on Pluto with peaks jutting as high as 11,000 feet above the surface. The data suggests that the Pluto’s surface was formed no more than 100 million years ago – a mere youngster in a 4.56-billion-year-old solar system. It also means that the close-up […]

Washington: After completing the historic fly-by of Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons probe has successfully beamed a pre-programmed “phone call” — a 15-minute series of status messages -to mission scientists on Earth. US President Barack Obama congratulated the NASA team for this historic feat on Twitter. “Pluto just had its first visitor! Thanks @NASA – it’s […]

New York: As NASA’s New Horizons probe moves closer to Pluto, Google has created a doodle to honour the historic moment that will reveal the mysterious world of the dwarf planet for the first time. Google Doodle shows a small illustration of the probe spinning around the dwarf planet to honour its ground-breaking journey. According […]