Tag: Pluto
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Planet Nine or Planet Nein? The quest to understand the weird outer Solar System
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The ice must flow to make Pluto’s dunes, but how?
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Ice volcanoes (and other mysteries) on Pluto!
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Does Pluto Have Ice Volcanoes? That’s what some scientists believe. And it might have a heart, too For The Daily Beast: At the 47th Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS)…
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Pluto: what’s in a name?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Pluto and Other Truly Epic Space Photos For The Daily Beast: To quote another great space adventurer: “Almost there!” The New Horizons probe, launched in 2006, will finally reach…
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Blogging about science for Forbes Magazine
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] As of this week, I will be blogging regularly for Forbes on planetary science, climate change, physics, and math. My first two posts are up; go check them out…
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Makemake has no atmosphere, possibly a partly frosted surface
The dwarf planet Makemake (pronounced MAHkayMAHkay) is about 2/3 the diameter of Pluto, and farther from the Sun. That makes it hard to observe. Astronomers using a set of telescopes in South America tracked it during an occultation: a brief interval when it passed in front of a faint star. By measuring the light curve—the…
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