As Pluto is finally added to the University of Arizona s scale model solar system, a new study suggests how the drawf planet s cold heart was originally broken.
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.
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.