Pluto
New Horizons: Images reveal ice mountains on Pluto
Posted in Science on 16th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pluto has mountains made of ice that are as high as those in the Rockies, images from the New Horizons probe reveal.
Pluto revealed at last
Posted in Science on 15th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
The New Horizons probe has reached Pluto after a multi-billion-km flight across the Solar System lasting nine and a half years.
Chaotic orbital interactions keep flipping Pluto's moons
Posted in Science on 13th Jun, 2015
by Alex Muller
Inhabitants of two of Plutos moons, Nix or Hydra, would not know when each day would begin and from which direction the Sun would rise.
Pluto may have ice cap at pole
Posted in Science on 30th Apr, 2015
by Alex Muller
Pluto may have a polar ice cap. This is the prospect revealed in the latest images to come down from the New Horizons spacecraft.