Eclipse projects shed new light on solar corona phys.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phys.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Since Nasa s New Horizon spacecraft captured an image of our solar system’s dwarf planet in 2015, astronomers said that they have finally resolved the mystery surrounding the heart shape on Pluto s surface.The feature on Pluto has.
A huge heart-shaped feature on the surface of Pluto has intrigued astronomers since NASA s New Horizons spacecraft captured it in a 2015 image. Now, researchers think they have solved the mystery of how the distinctive heart came to be and it could reveal new clues about the dwarf planet’s origins.
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The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of astrophysicists. According to simulations, a collision between Pluto and a planetary body that happened relatively slowly and at an oblique angle left the impactor "splatted" onto Pluto's surface. The findings also cast doubt on the existence of a subsurface ocean on Pluto, as was previously speculated.