Astronomy
Nasa's unmanned spacecraft, New Horizons has begun the most intense period of its encounter with Pluto. The probe is set to pass the icy planet on Tuesday, grabbing a mass of pictures and other science data.
The probe is supposed to send a 'phone home' signal to Earth only when it has its trove of images safely in its onboard memory and that will take nearly take five hours.
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- The Launch Of New Horizons.
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Astronomy
New Horizons enters the most intense period of Pluto flyby phase
The probe is supposed to send a 'phone home' signal to Earth only when it has its trove of images safely in its onboard memory and that will take nearly take five hours.
- 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...
- 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....
- Image Of Pluto Eclipsing The Sun
...
- 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,...