{"id":16181,"date":"2015-07-15T23:29:48","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/pluto-and-charon-as-never-seen-before\/"},"modified":"2015-07-15T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:29:48","slug":"pluto-and-charon-as-never-seen-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/pluto-and-charon-as-never-seen-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluto and Charon as never seen before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A spectacular sampling of imagery from NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft reveals mountains and water ice bedrock on Pluto, an active crust on its largest moon Charon and the first resolved views of the icy world\u2019s tiny mini-moons.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7753\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7753\" style=\"width: 623px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7753\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-plutosurface.png\" alt=\"A snapshot of Pluto shows fresh deposits of water ice bedrock and 11,000-foot mountains, revealing evidence Pluto's surface is one of the youngest in the solar system. Photo credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI\" width=\"623\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-plutosurface.png 1041w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-plutosurface-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-plutosurface-768x547.png 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-plutosurface-1024x730.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A snapshot of Pluto shows fresh deposits of water ice bedrock and 11,000-foot mountains, revealing evidence Pluto\u2019s surface is one of the youngest in the solar system. Photo credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7756\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7756\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7756\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon.jpg\" alt=\"New Horizons found few craters on the surface of Pluto's Texas-sized moon Charon, evidence of recent geologic activity. Credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI\" width=\"620\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon.jpg 1050w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon-768x581.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon-1024x774.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-charon-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7756\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New Horizons found few craters on the surface of Pluto\u2019s Texas-sized moon Charon, evidence of recent geologic activity. Credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7758\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7758\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-hydra_1_0.jpg\" alt=\"Tuesday's New Horizons flyby revealed Pluto's tiny moon Hydra. The first resolved image of the object shows it to be 28 miles long and 19 miles in diameter, and better images are to come. Credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI\" width=\"620\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-hydra_1_0.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-hydra_1_0-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-hydra_1_0-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/nh-hydra_1_0-1024x687.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tuesday\u2019s New Horizons flyby revealed Pluto\u2019s tiny moon Hydra. The first resolved image of the object shows it to be 28 miles long and 19 miles in diameter, and better images are to come. Credit: NASA\/JHUAPL\/SWRI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Email the author.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A spectacular sampling of imagery from NASA\u2019s New Horizons spacecraft reveals mountains and water ice bedrock on Pluto, an active crust on its largest moon Charon and the first resolved views of the icy world\u2019s tiny mini-moons. 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