NASA’s New Horizons Reveals Geologically Active World on Pluto
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft transformed the scientific understanding of Pluto during its July 14, 2015 flyby, revealing a geologically active world with nitrogen glaciers, water-ice mountains, and a possible subsurface ocean. These findings challenged the long-held assumption that the distant dwarf planet was a frozen, cratered relic. For decades, Pluto existed in the human imagination … Read more