WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers propose an ammonia-water slurry as the basis for Pluto's newly discovered geologic activity and possible volcanism, and offer a new method to predict planetary vigor ...
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How Pluto snagged its giant moon, Charon
Recent scientific modeling has proposed a fascinating theory about how Pluto captured its largest moon, Charon. The theory ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A composite of enhanced color images of Pluto and Charon taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope ...
Images of Pluto captured by NASA's New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft performed a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July 2015, and the insights ...
University of Maryland astronomers Silvia Protopapa and Douglas Hamilton are among the authors of the first published paper from the New Horizons flyby, which appears in the Oct. 16, 2015, issue of ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — A single day on Pluto is as long as 6.9 Earth days. Today, Feb. 18 is Pluto Day. You may ask yourself why Pluto has its own day since it is no longer considered a planet of our ...
On Aug. 24, 2006, the International Astronomical Union voted to strictly define a planet, which ultimately downgraded Pluto from the ninth planet from the sun to a dwarf planet — causing controversy ...
NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the ...
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