In 1994, astronomers using the Hubble Telescope provided an important close-up view of Pluto. Hubble captured what was, at the time, the most detailed image of the dwarf planet. The result?
Nguyen and his team used mathematical models and images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft to investigate Pluto’s subsurface ocean. Also read: Massive iceberg in Antarctica breaks off in ...
This cutaway image of Pluto shows a section through the area of Sputnik Planitia, with dark blue representing a subsurface ocean and light blue for the frozen crust. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert!
A New Horizons image of Pluto and its moon Charon revealed more ... radioactive elements beneath Pluto's surface. This would be a real turn-up for the books as, until now, astronomers thought ...
Images and data have been flowing in since NASA's epic New Horizons Pluto flyby on Tuesday morning, and the latest image released shows an exaggerated color map of Pluto and its moon Charon.