NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovers Mountains, Ice Flows and Haze on

His assessment was based on photographic images and other data collected by NASA’s New Horizons space probe. “With flowing ices, exotic surface chemistry, mountain ranges, and vast haze, Pluto is showing a diversity of planetary geology that is truly thrilling”. Earlier this month, Nasa released the first high resolution image of Pluto’s mountainous surface following New Horizons’ closest approach at approximately 7750 miles above the surface.

A preliminary analysis of the image shows two distinct layers of haze – one about 50 miles (80 kilometers) above the surface and the other at an altitude of about 30 miles (50 kilometers).

Also, there has been a lot of speculation about the bright, heart-shaped region of Pluto, the tail of nitrogen gas that the dwarf planet emits, and the newer-looking parts of Pluto’s surface possibly being younger.

The most up-to-date warrant of pictures has a backlit look at Pluto by having sun exposure, to be found a little over a minimum of three b far, lustrous around or by the planet’s environment.

According to Daily Mail, New Horizons was able to capture an image of the dwarf planet surrounded by a mysterious halo.

“This is our first gaze at weather conditions in Pluto’s situation”, New Horizons inventor Michael Summers, by using…

The haze is thought to be responsible for the planet’s reddish hue however much more research will be needed to determine exactly what it is made up of and how it came to be there.

After passing Pluto, New Horizons will be headed out to the Kuiper Belt where several Kuiper Belt Objects with diameters exceeding 20 miles (35 km) are expected to be targeted for encounter and similar measurements to those made at Pluto.

Flowing ice and a surprising extended haze are among the newest discoveries from NASA’s New Horizons mission, which reveal distant Pluto to be an icy world of wonders.

As the data from New Horizons continues to slowly stream back to Earth scientists have been revealing more about what they’ve managed to find so far on Pluto and its moon Charon.