NASA's New Horizons space probe obtained this image of the frozen plains
of Pluto, released during a press briefing held on July 17, 2015
New Horizons’ Ralph instrument revealed evidence of carbon monoxide ice
on Pluto, in the western part of the region known presently as Tombaugh
Regio (Tombaugh Region), the highly visible "heart of Pluto." The
contours overlain on the image show that the concentration of frozen
carbon monoxide increases towards the center of the “bull’s eye.” Data
was acquired by the spacecraft on July 14, 2015, and transmitted to Earth on July 16.
This diagram depicts the interaction of the solar wind (the supersonic
outflow of electrically charged particles from the sun) with Pluto’s
mainly nitrogen atmosphere. Some of the atmosphere's molecules possess
enough energy to overcome Pluto’s weak gravity and escape into space.
Image released July 17, 2015
NASA's New Horizons space probe found a strange feature on Pluto's moon,
Charon, a depression with a peak in the middle. The image was taken on
July 14, 2015 at a range of 49,000 mile.
New Horizons space probe provides the highest resolution image of Pluto
ever seen as presented in a NASA press conference on July 15, 2015, at
the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel,
Maryland. This region near Pluto’s equator surprisingly contains a range
of youthful mountains rising to heights of 11,000 feet (3,500 m) above
the surface.
New Horizons provides unprecedented details of Pluto's moon, Charon! July 2015
New Horizons' Ralph instrument using the LEISA spectrometer obtained
info about the distribution of methane on Pluto, as presented in a NASA press conference on July 15, 2015,
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