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Ultima Thule is a Red Snowman in Space
From NASA.gov: The first color image of Ultima Thule, taken at a distance of 85,000 miles (137,000 kilometers) at 4:08 Universal Time on January 1, 2019, highlights its reddish surface. At left is an enhanced color image taken by the … Continue reading
The Vistas of Pluto
New high resolution data inbound from New Horizons contains some amazing views of Pluto. The image above reveals thin upper layers of atmosphere and mountains illuminated at a shallow angle through a surface level haze. Other views have features that resemble parts of an Earth-like … Continue reading
The cold, thin atmosphere of Pluto
Pluto’s thin atmosphere is mainly nitrogen, and leaking away from the planet at a significant rate. Scientists speculate that cryovolcanic activity is continually releasing enough new nitrogen vapor to keep the atmosphere from completely dissappearing. Cryovolcanic. That’s a term you … Continue reading
The Icy Mountains of Pluto
Some compressed images are starting to arrive from Pluto. This photo shows an area of mountains, probably composed of water ice. Surprisingly unmarked by impact craters, the features must be fairly young, possibly less than 100 million years old. They may … Continue reading
New Horizons has communicated with mission control
All systems normal after flying within 7800 miles of Pluto; first images to be released tomorrow afternoon. New Horizons is about three billion miles away from earth, and it took nine and a half years to get there (even radio … Continue reading
Pluto, July 11
This image is the last look at Pluto’s Charon-facing hemisphere. with some intriguing hints of features that may be impact craters and ridges. Unfortunately, there won’t be any higher resolution images collected. As it passes Pluto on Tuesday, New Horizons … Continue reading
Pluto, July 8
(from NASA and JHAPL’s latest update)
Seven days until New Horizons reaches Pluto
Alien base. That’s my prediction. Stay tuned.
First Color Movies of Pluto and Charon
First color movie of Pluto and Charon, courtesy of NASA and Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Pluto has a distinct reddish tint, while Charon is more grey.
More surface details apparent as New Horizons draws closer to Pluto
The New Horizons space probe is seeing more as it approaches Pluto. The spacecraft is closing in at the rate of 750,000 miles per day, increasing image clarity at an accelerating rate: “By late June the image resolution will be four times … Continue reading
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