Tonight's moon and the New Horizons spacecraft – headed toward Pluto – occupy nearly the same spot on the sky's dome.
Pluto is once again a planet, eight years after being relegated to the status of dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). At least, that is, according to the audience at a debate at Harvard. Astronomers at the
Tonight's moon and the New Horizons spacecraft – headed toward Pluto – occupy nearly the same spot on the sky's dome.
Now here's something I guarantee you've never seen before: a video of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon showing the two distinctly separate worlds actually in motion around each other! Captured by the
Now here's something I guarantee you've never seen before: a video of the dwarf planet Pluto and its largest moon Charon showing the two distinctly separate worlds actually in motion around each other! Captured by the