Pluto: Demoted Just Before Its Hidden Ocean Came to Light
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.
On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at a distance of about 12,500 kilometres. The images sent back to Earth showed a world that was not frozen solid and silent: mountains several kilometres high, a nitrogen plain thousands of kilometres wide, long fractures, and a bright heart-shaped region. Beneath that ice, geological data also point to liquid water.