In the vast calm of the solar system, planetary orbits often appear orderly, stable, and insulated from the broader mechanics of the galaxy. Earth circles the Sun with regularity. The outer planets ...
Pluto imparted a slight but measurable alteration to the New Horizons spacecraft's trajectory (both bending and acceleration) during its 2015 flyby. The minimal nature of this trajectory change was ...
When NASA's New Horizons spacecraft sped by Pluto in 2015, it revealed an incredible world of ice and haze carved by various geological processes — hinting that an ocean may have played a role in the ...