Pluto Has White-Capped Mountains, But Not Because There's Snow
Mountains on Pluto look strikingly similar to white-capped peaks on Earth, but these cold, alien mountains got whitened in a completely different way.
Pluto
Astronomers Are On A Celestial Treasure Hunt. The Prize? Planet Nine
Earlier this year, a pair of scientists predicted the existence of a ninth planet based on computer modeling of the solar system. This fall, the race is on to be the first to spot it in a telescope.
Spacefaring Stamp Sets World Record
The "Pluto: Not Yet Explored" stamp has traveled farther than any other stamp, hitching a ride on the New Horizons space probe, which accomplished its closest flyby of the dwarf planet last summer.
NASA Releases New Video Showing Higher-Resolution Closeup Of Pluto
The best photos from the New Horizons spacecraft that buzzed Pluto earlier this year are now making their way back to Earth, providing resolutions of less than 100 yards per pixel.
Distant Pluto Comes To Life
When a probe skimmed past the dwarf planet in July, researchers expected to see a cold, dead world. New results published today show that Pluto is an active place.
Why Is The Sky Blue? (On Pluto, That Is)
Pluto's atmosphere has a blue haze, in a new photo from the New Horizons probe. But the particles causing that color are probably gray or red — and the planet's surface has red ice.
New Discoveries From NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto
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On July 14th, NASA's New Horizons space probe raced past the dwarf planet Pluto at 44 thousand miles per hour. Loaded with an array of science instruments, the sturdy little probe gathered data which will be sent to us over the next 16 months. This episode was recorded before NASA's recent press conference, but keep an eye on http://sciworks.org/pluto for up-to-date mission information. You'll also find a special web-only episode about the mission, and details specifically for this episode. What have we learned from New Horizons since the encounter?
How We Got To Pluto
SciWorks Radio is a production of 88.5 WFDD and SciWorks, the Science Center and Environmental Park of Forsyth County, located in Winston-Salem.
Launched in 2006, NASA's New Horizons space probe made its historic fly-by of the dwarf planet Pluto on July 14th. For regularly updated information about Pluto and its moons, check out http://scioworks.org/pluto. There you'll find a companion blog to this recording with links and details. For an update about the science coming in from New Horizons, check out SciWorks Radio on July 26th, to be archived at wfdd.org.
Photos Of Pluto Reveal A 'Toy Store' Of Surprises
New Horizons has provided us with our first close look at Pluto. The images are blowing the minds of scientists. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the joy of these new discoveries.
On The Cold, Dead Fringes Of The Solar System, Pluto Looks Shockingly Lively
New Horizons team scientist Carly Howett says no one expected the kind of geologic activity that the spacecraft appears to have found on the dwarf planet and its moon.