New Horizons detects possible polar ice caps on Pluto

After over nine years of travel, NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is starting to provide hints of what its July flyby of Pluto will reveal. Earlier this month, the unmanned probe sent back the clearest images yet of the most distant planet of the classic Solar System, which have revealed light areas on the surface that show it may have polar caps. .. Continue Reading New Horizons detects possible polar ice caps on Pluto

Section: Space

Tags: Dwarf planet, Images, Kuiper Belt, NASA, New Horizons, Pluto, Solar System, Spacecraft, Unmanned

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