25-06-2016 07:53 via indianexpress.com

NASA spots ‘Super Grand Canyon’ on Pluto’s moon

The image captured by New Horizons shows a deep canyon informally named Argo Chasma grazing the limb (Source: NASA)
Pluto’s largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that is far longer and deeper than Earth’s Grand Canyon, according to a new image beamed back by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
The image captured by New Horizons several hours before its closest approach in July last year shows a portion of the eastern limb in the global view of Charon.
It shows a
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