Astronomy
This image was taken on July 13, 2015 when the New Horizons spacecraft was just under 476,000 miles[768,000 kilometers] away from Pluto's surface. The heart shaped bright area is some 1,600 kilometer large in size. .
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- A Full View Of Pluto?s Stunning Crescent.
This image was made just 15 minutes after New Horizons? closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, as the spacecraft looked back at Pluto toward the sun. The wide-angle perspective of this view shows the deep haze layers of Pluto's atmosphere...
- New ?snake Skin? Image Of Pluto From New Horizons
The newest high-resolution images of Pluto from NASA?s New Horizons are both dazzling and mystifying, revealing a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details. This image showing an area near the line that separates day...
- The Majestic Mountains And Frozen Plains Of Pluto
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA?s New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured this near sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto?s horizon. The...
- Alien Life On Pluto May Exist
According to British physicist Brian Cox, Pluto may contain a subsurface ocean warm enough to host life. Cox believes the glaciers on Pluto's surface hints at the possibility of a subterranean sea warm enough to host organic chemistry....
- The Launch Of New Horizons.
The New Horizons spacecraft roared off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA in 2006 toward adventures in the distant Solar System. The craft is the fastest spaceships ever launched by humans, having passed the Moon only nine hours after launch,...
Astronomy
Heart of the Pluto.
- A Full View Of Pluto?s Stunning Crescent.
This image was made just 15 minutes after New Horizons? closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, as the spacecraft looked back at Pluto toward the sun. The wide-angle perspective of this view shows the deep haze layers of Pluto's atmosphere...
- New ?snake Skin? Image Of Pluto From New Horizons
The newest high-resolution images of Pluto from NASA?s New Horizons are both dazzling and mystifying, revealing a multitude of previously unseen topographic and compositional details. This image showing an area near the line that separates day...
- The Majestic Mountains And Frozen Plains Of Pluto
Just 15 minutes after its closest approach to Pluto on July 14, 2015, NASA?s New Horizons spacecraft looked back toward the sun and captured this near sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto?s horizon. The...
- Alien Life On Pluto May Exist
According to British physicist Brian Cox, Pluto may contain a subsurface ocean warm enough to host life. Cox believes the glaciers on Pluto's surface hints at the possibility of a subterranean sea warm enough to host organic chemistry....
- The Launch Of New Horizons.
The New Horizons spacecraft roared off its launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida, USA in 2006 toward adventures in the distant Solar System. The craft is the fastest spaceships ever launched by humans, having passed the Moon only nine hours after launch,...