Pluto sends planetary scientists back to the drawing board
Image credit: NASA.
Today, physicist Wal Thornhill continues his discussion of NASA’s New Horizons mission to the dwarf planet Pluto. The mission has already provided a number of surprises for planetary scientists.
The tiny planet’s geological activity, its apparent age, the stunning features on its moons and more all defy many fundamental ideas in planetary science.
As principal investigator Alan Stern recently stated, Pluto is “going to send a lot of geophysicists back to the drawing board.” But are these discoveries surprising from an Electric Universe perspective?
- Pluto's atmosphere 5 times larger than models had predicted: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/under-plu…
- Giant mountains on Pluto & chasms on Charon: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mountains…
Video courtesy of The Thunderbolts Project
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