Pluto through a stained glass window: A movie from the edge of our solar system
Sunday, December 27, 2015 - 11:11
in Astronomy & Space
As New Horizons flew by Pluto, it recorded spectacular images of the icy world's surface using the LORRI and MVIC cameras. It recorded the plasma and dust environments with the PEPSSI, SWAP, and SDC instruments. But one instrument, designed to measure the composition of Pluto and Charon's surfaces, did something you might not expect: it recorded the first movies from the edge of our solar system.