The scientific goals of New Horizons were to characterize the global geology and morphology of Pluto and its moon Charon, map their surface composition, and analyze Pluto's neutral atmosphere and its …

Mar 7, 1996 · Hubble imaged nearly the entire surface of Pluto, as it rotated through its 6.4-day period, in late June and early July 1994. These images, which were made in blue light, show that Pluto is an …

May 31, 2025 · The new photo, published by NASA this week, provides an unparalleled glimpse of Pluto's icy surface and atmospheric detail, uncovering information previously only alluded to in data …

5 days ago · Discover the surprising materials composing Pluto, detailing its differentiated structure from dynamic ices and atmosphere to a dense, rocky core.

Mar 7, 1996 · The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency 's (ESA) Faint Object Camera …

Jul 15, 2018 · This is the most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time. This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto …

The geography of Pluto refers to the study and mapping of physical features across the dwarf planet Pluto. On 14 July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto. …

Pluto's surface consists of 98% nitrogen ice with ice mountains, ice volcanoes, and has a thin atmosphere consisting of nitrogen and trace gases. A subsurface ocean of liquid water is likely.

The map covers 85% of the planet's surface and indicates that Pluto has a dark equatorial belt and bright polar caps. The brightness variations in this map may be due to topographic features such as …

Jan 2, 2026 · Pluto's icy mountains have caught the fancy of star gazers and cosmos geeks. But a question soon arose: "Is this made by AI?"