Unique Pluto, solar wind interactions similar to those of larger planets
Wednesday, May 4, 2016 - 16:30
in Astronomy & Space
Pluto has some characteristics less like that of a comet and more like much larger planets, according to the first analysis of Pluto’s interaction with the ubiquitous space plasma known as solar wind. Researchers using data gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft on its flyby of Pluto in July 2015 have for the first time […]