Blue sky and red ice at Pluto, NASA spacecraft discovers
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The sky over Pluto may not be sunny but it’s undoubtedly blue.
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered Pluto’s blue sky during the historic flyby of the icy dwarf planet in July. The images of Pluto’s atmospheric haze were beamed down last week and released by NASA on Thursday.
Scientists say the particles in the atmospheric haze are actually red and gray. But the way the particles scatter blue light is what has everyone excited. Princi
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