16 Jul 2015

New information from Pluto

From Nine To Noon, 9:27 am on 16 July 2015

A new picture of Pluto's surface shows evidence of active geology and mountains comparable to the Rockies and nearly as high as Aoraki/Mt Cook. NASA has presented the first images acquired by the New Horizons probe during its historic flyby of Pluto. Dr Jim Green is NASA's Planetary Science Division Director.

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