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Red Cap From Pluto’s Moon Charon Might Finally Have an Explanation

Even though it’s been sixteen years already since Pluto is no longer considered a planet, it still represents a good study material for astronomers. However, they’re now shifting their focus on Charon, which is the largest of the five moons…

June 23, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Discover Ice Volcanoes on Pluto

Probably the biggest mystery surrounding Pluto is whether it should be considered a planet again or not. There are numerous voices claiming that Pluto should indeed be officially recognized again as the ninth planet of our Solar System. But until…

March 29, 2022 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Pluto Being Downgraded to a “Dwarf Planet” is Unscientific, New Analysis Claims

Pluto was considered a planet by astronomers until 2006. But after the International Astronomical Union (IAU) ruled it out roughly fifteen years ago, a lot of textbooks had to be rewritten. Of course, many disagreed with the decision. Even Jim…

December 11, 2021 · by Cristian Antonescu · 0

Astronomers Identify the Most Distant Object From the Solar System – A Thousand Years for a Full Orbit Around the Sun

Although Pluto was downgraded to the state of a dwarf planet in 2006, scientists never ceased to look for the ninth planet of our Solar System. There are even some moons bigger than Pluto, so it would be naive to…

February 12, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Pluto’s Mountains Have This Extremely Weird Feature

Something really strange has been just revealed about Pluto. Long story short, it seems that the mountains on Pluto are born in reverse! And now, to explain this statement. The mountains on Pluto seem to have snowcaps that may have…

October 14, 2020 · by Rada Mateescu · 0

Pluto Might Have Housed A Vast Subsurface Ocean

New studies based on data collected from Pluto have explored the potential existence of a subsurface ocean. The theory was proposed before the 2015 flyby that provided the data, and it appears to be quite viable. One of the two…

April 24, 2020 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

The First Topographic Maps Of Pluto And Charon Developed By Scientists

The first topographic maps of Pluto and its moon Charon, formally validated now, have been released in new scientific papers in the Icarus journal. To do the mapping, scientists from the NASA’s New Horizons mission, which orbited Pluto and Charon…

July 11, 2018 · by Vadim Caraiman · 0

Wind-blown Dunes have been Discovered on Pluto

A recent paper led by Matthew Telfer, a lecturer in physical geography at the University of Plymouth, reveals a quite intriguing discovery on the dwarf planet Pluto. Methane ice dunes have been observed at the bottom of a major mountain…

June 2, 2018 · by Asheley Rice · 0

Pluto Might Be A Huge Comet, According To A Recent Study

Since Pluto was deprived of its planetary status, a persistent issue has remained, namely, what is Pluto, if it is not a planet. Could it be a dwarf planet or a huge space rock captured by our Sun’s gravitational force?…

May 24, 2018 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

New Horizons’ Mysterious Exploring Mission Has A New Target, The Ultima Thule

NASA is preparing a special encounter between its New Horizons spacecraft and an unusual object that orbits at a distance of 1.6 billion miles from Pluto. The event is scheduled to happen on January 1st 2019, but until then researchers…

March 15, 2018 · by Diana Vizireanu · 0