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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day June 3, 2023: Portrait of Pluto’s moon Charon

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day June 3, 2023: Portrait of Pluto’s moon Charon

[ad_1] Pluto's orbit is highly elliptical. And due to its relatively small size and a considerable distance from Earth, Pluto's characteristics and features have remained largely a secret until the New Horizons spacecraft conducted a flyby in July 2015. This mission provided crucial data about this distant world. Among the discoveries made during the New Horizons mission, it was found that Charon, one of Pluto's five moons, holds a significant role. Charon is not only the largest of Pluto's moons, but it is also the largest known satellite relative to its parent body in our entire solar system. In fact, Charon's diameter is roughly half that of Pluto itself. Today's NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day is a portrait of Pluto's largest moon - Charon. In this high-resolution image, a captiva...

NASA’s New Horizons snaps awesome glowing Blue Halo around Pluto

[ad_1] NASA has just revealed an amazing photo of Pluto with a blue halo glowing all around it. The image was captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft back on July 14, 2015. When this photo was taken, New Horizons was approximately 120000 miles or 200,000 kilometers from Pluto. What caused it? "The smog present in Pluto's atmosphere is thought to be a result of the reaction between sunlight and methane and other molecules," NASA said in a blog.The space agency further explained that this process creates a complicated blend of hydrocarbons that accumulate into tiny haze particles, which disperse blue light. As these particles gradually descend through the atmosphere, they generate several complex horizontal layers that span heights of more than 120 miles, around 200 kilometers. NASA a...

A mysterious Planet X beyond Pluto in our solar system? Check awesome TRUTH

[ad_1] For years, scientists have believed in the existence of a Planet X or Planet Nine beyond Pluto. Here is the truth. Until about the 18th century, we only knew about the existence of six planets in our solar system. Anything beyond Saturn was too far to be seen with the unaided eye or a basic telescope. Uranus was later discovered in 1781 and later in 1846 Neptune was also found. But there was one oddity in the discovery of Neptune. Unlike other planets, it wasn't discovered through observation. Rather, scientists estimated that Neptune must exist based on mathematical calculations of its predicted position due to observed perturbations in the orbit of the planet Uranus. And today, the same math is pointing towards the existence of a 9th planet, far beyond the orbit of Pluto. So,...