Volcanoes on Pluto!!

[Ausfree]

The minor planet Pluto continues to fascinate following these photo's from the New Horizons space craft.:)

NASA probe spots possible volcanoes on Pluto - The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nasa-probe-spots-possible-volcanoes-on-pluto/article27182783/)

[bob10]

The minor planet Pluto continues to fascinate following these photo's from the New Horizons space craft.:)

NASA probe spots possible volcanoes on Pluto - The Globe and Mail (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/nasa-probe-spots-possible-volcanoes-on-pluto/article27182783/)

The more we learn about the solar system, it seems the less we really know.

Pluto: New Horizons images reveal stunning views of 'Arctic-like' landscape - Science - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-18/pluto-images-reveal-arctic-like-world/6786166)

[bob10]

I wondered about this my self

Why didn't we just use the Hubble telescope to take photos of Pluto? - Science - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-13/pluto-photos-new-horizon-hubble/6833614)

[bob10]

Pluto revealed.

New Horizons: New Pluto close-ups to help NASA piece together dwarf planet's geological history - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-05/new-pluto-close-ups-to-help-nasa-piece-together-planets-history/7004516)

[Ausfree]

Thanks Bob. Truly gobsmacking!!!:o:)

[bob10]

I think we have learned more about the Universe in the last 10 years, than the last 100.

Ceres' mysterious bright spots are giant salt pans, Dawn mission data shows - Science - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-10/ceres-bright-spots-mystery-solved-by-dawn-data/7014134)

[bob10]

More on Ceres.

'Dwarf planet' in deep space has water ? News in Science (ABC Science) (http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2014/01/23/3930699.htm)

[Ausfree]

I think we have learned more about the Universe in the last 10 years, than the last 100.

Ceres' mysterious bright spots are giant salt pans, Dawn mission data shows - Science - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-10/ceres-bright-spots-mystery-solved-by-dawn-data/7014134)


I would go as far as to say that we have learnt more about the Universe since the dawn of the space age (say, 1960) than all of history before it. Truly exciting times to be living in.:)

[bob10]

Jar Jar Binks is out there somewhere.

Potentially habitable super-Earth discovered orbiting star 14 light years from Earth - Science - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) (http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-17/nearest-habitable-zone-superearth-terrestrial-planet-wolf1061/7033824)

[bob10]

NASA to grow potatoes in Mars-like conditions | The New Daily (http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/2015/12/23/nasa-plans-grow-potatoes-mars-like-conditions/)

[Ausfree]

Didn't Matt Damon already do that in "The Martian"????:p

[bob10]

Jupiter to put on show of the year - Australian Geographic (http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/news/2016/02/jupiter-about-to-put-on-show-of-the-year?utm_source=exacttarget&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=34325&utm_content=269189&user_id=85077cfb52eb212266d4b3ae4b06065806904db3)