Nasa Scientists Pluto
- All
- News
-
NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
-
Researchers Unravel the Origin and Composition of Red Spot on Pluto’s Moon Charon
Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.
-
Pluto's Icy Heart Regulates Its Atmospheric Circulation: Study
Pluto's heart-shaped structure, named Tombaugh Regio, quickly became famous after NASA's New Horizons mission captured footage of the dwarf planet in 2015 and revealed it is not the barren world scientists thought it was.
-
Mystery Behind Pluto's 'Bladed Terrain' Decoded
The mysterious "bladed terrain" of Pluto is made almost entirely of methane ice, and likely formed as a kind of erosion that wore away the planet's surfaces, leaving dramatic crests and sharp divides, scientists say.
-
Origin Of Pluto's Huge 'Icy Heart' Found
Scientists have unveiled the origin of the large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier on Pluto spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the icy-dwarf planet last year.
-
Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
-
Super Grand Canyon Spotted on Pluto's Moon Charon
New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.
-
Pluto May Have Had Lakes And Flowing Rivers Once
At a news conference at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference on Monday, NASA scientists made it clear that we're not even close to being done puzzling out Pluto's weird little secrets.
-
NASA Scientists Reveal Pluto And Its Moons
NASA scientists associated with interplanetary space probe New Horizons have revealed the former "astronomer's planet" and its "intriguing system of small moons" in a comprehensive set of papers describing results from last summer's Pluto system flyby.
-
Frigid Pluto Is Home to More Diverse Terrain Than Expected
"It's a pretty wild place geologically," said planetary scientist William McKinnon of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
-
Scientists Find Giant 'Bite Mark' On Pluto's Surface
Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant "bite mark" on Pluto's surface.
-
Scientists Dive Into Precious Pluto Data
From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA's New Horizons science team is busy analysing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto that the probe has revealed so far.
-
Nasa's New Horizons Probe Reveals Colourful, Violent History of Charon
Many New Horizons scientists expected Charon to be a monotonous, crater-battered world.
-
Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
-
New Pluto Images Show Staggeringly Diverse Surface Features
The latest images show bewildering variety of surface features that have left scientists reeling because of their range and complexity.
-
NASA's New Horizons Data Helps Identify a Possible Source for Pluto's Moon Charon's Red Cap
NASA's New Horizons mission data along with novel laboratory experiments and exospheric modelling has helped scientists to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and how it may have formed. The team realistically replicated Charon surface conditions to measure the composition and colour of hydrocarbons produced on Charo...
-
Researchers Unravel the Origin and Composition of Red Spot on Pluto’s Moon Charon
Combining data obtained from several sources, scientists have managed to unravel the mystery behind the red cap on Pluto's moon Charon and its composition. NASA's interplanetary space probe New Horizons had captured the reddish region on the top of Charon and collected data in 2015.
-
Pluto's Icy Heart Regulates Its Atmospheric Circulation: Study
Pluto's heart-shaped structure, named Tombaugh Regio, quickly became famous after NASA's New Horizons mission captured footage of the dwarf planet in 2015 and revealed it is not the barren world scientists thought it was.
-
Mystery Behind Pluto's 'Bladed Terrain' Decoded
The mysterious "bladed terrain" of Pluto is made almost entirely of methane ice, and likely formed as a kind of erosion that wore away the planet's surfaces, leaving dramatic crests and sharp divides, scientists say.
-
Origin Of Pluto's Huge 'Icy Heart' Found
Scientists have unveiled the origin of the large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier on Pluto spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its historic flyby of the icy-dwarf planet last year.
-
Pluto 'Paints' Its Largest Moon Red: NASA
The reddish polar region on Pluto's largest moon, Charon, is an effect of methane gas escaping from the icy dwarf planet's atmosphere, say scientists who solved the mystery behind the coloured region first spotted by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft last year.
-
Super Grand Canyon Spotted on Pluto's Moon Charon
New Horizons scientists estimate Argo Chasma to be as deep as 9 km, which is more than five times the depth of the Grand Canyon.
-
Pluto May Have Had Lakes And Flowing Rivers Once
At a news conference at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference on Monday, NASA scientists made it clear that we're not even close to being done puzzling out Pluto's weird little secrets.
-
NASA Scientists Reveal Pluto And Its Moons
NASA scientists associated with interplanetary space probe New Horizons have revealed the former "astronomer's planet" and its "intriguing system of small moons" in a comprehensive set of papers describing results from last summer's Pluto system flyby.
-
Frigid Pluto Is Home to More Diverse Terrain Than Expected
"It's a pretty wild place geologically," said planetary scientist William McKinnon of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
-
Scientists Find Giant 'Bite Mark' On Pluto's Surface
Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA's New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant "bite mark" on Pluto's surface.
-
Scientists Dive Into Precious Pluto Data
From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, NASA's New Horizons science team is busy analysing more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto that the probe has revealed so far.
-
Nasa's New Horizons Probe Reveals Colourful, Violent History of Charon
Many New Horizons scientists expected Charon to be a monotonous, crater-battered world.
-
Pluto Resembles Earth in New Spectacular Images
A near-sunset view of the rugged, icy mountains and flat ice plains extending to Pluto's horizon covering 1,250 km area has left scientists stunned as it has a familiar arctic look like we see on Earth.
-
New Pluto Images Show Staggeringly Diverse Surface Features
The latest images show bewildering variety of surface features that have left scientists reeling because of their range and complexity.
