Pluto has been discovered to possess an unusual polygonal terrain by NASA's New Horizons mission to the planet's system. The planet is covered with large deposits of nitrogen ice in the form of polygons that are thin from the edges and thick from the middle.
NASA's New Horizons probe took almost 10 years to reach the former ninth planet of the solar system, Pluto. When the researchers finally looked at the surface of the dwarf planet, they were left surprised as the reality turned out to be majorly different from what was initially expected.
NASA has released to the public stunning pictures of Pluto captured by the New Horizons spaceprobe intended to observe the ex-ninth planet and its surrounding moons. The space mission’s foray into the fringes of the solar system also hopes to study the Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) that may help explain the origins of the solar system.
The New Horizons space mission has recently stumbled upon interesting discoveries beyond Pluto along the fringes of the solar system, the so-called Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs). After discovering the KBO named 1994 JR1, the scientists are setting their sights to another one called 2014 MU69 which would help explain the cosmic origins of our sun-centered planetary system.
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft made a Pluto flyby in July 2015. Since then, the spacecraft has been sending a number of incredible images and data back to Earth. The ground breaking data is being analyzed by the team on Earth continuously to reveal key Plutonian details.
NASA's New horizons spacecraft is spinning away from Pluto right to the edge of the solar system.
A post-Pluto flyby carried out by NASA-funded New Horizons mission on a Kuiper Belt object (KBO) known as 1994 JR1 debunked earlier theory of the ex-ninth planet’s quasi-satellite. Expanding missions on KBOs in the fringes of the solar system could well explain our cosmic origins.
Once the smallest member of the planetary system and now merely a "dwarf planet", Pluto's story has always fascinated people of the Earth. The tiny planet always manages to intrigue scientists and if the latest report is anything to go by, one can only say that Pluto is peculiar to the core.
The planet's orbit was estimated based on the gravitational force it exerts on some Kuiper Belt Objects.
The dwarf planet Pluto seemed to show up a number of unique features, according to NASA scientists.
The new target of New Horizons is a Pluto-like planet in the outer solar system.
A formal approval is pending before New Horizons can be turned towards MU 69 in outer fringers of the solar system.
New Horizons found two layers of haze and also detected flowing ice on Pluto's surface.
The spacecraft has spent 21 hours collecting data, mostly about Pluto. Communications with Earth were temporarily suspended during data collection.
The pentaquark is composed of four quarks and an anti-quark, which was theorized when quarks were discovered in 1960s. They have remained elusive until Tuesday.
