NASA has created a video of a simulated landing on the surface of Pluto using images and data taken from the New Horizons mission that sent a probe for a close pass of the dwarf planet. What would it be like to actually land on Pluto? This movie was made…
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A Giant Astronomically Correct Galactic Tapestry Created With a Cleverly Hacked Knitting Machine
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Sarah Spencer (@heartofpluto) on Aug 25, 2018 at 7:57pm PDT Sarah Spencer of Heart of Pluto has created an incredibly impressively giant, astronomically correct tapestry with a design that encompasses the entire galaxy (and quite a bit of yarn). Spencer created…
MANU the Warrior Finger Puppet Performs a Sultry Dance to the Unlike Pluto Song ‘Waiting for You’
Barnaby Dixon, the brilliant puppeteer who created incredible performing warrior finger puppet who is now legally called MANU, announced that he is working with manufacturing companies to make MANU available on the retail level at some point in the future and that he’s launched a brand new Patreon page. Afterwards…
Pluto Through Stained Glass, A NASA Video Captured by the New Horizons Probe
“Pluto Through Stained Glass: A Movie from the Edge of the Solar System” is a NASA video captured by the LEISA infrared imaging spectrometer on the New Horizons spacecraft that shows the craft’s full spectrum view of Pluto during its flyby on July 14, 2015. The data provided by the video…
The Space Song, A Catchy Animated Educational Song About the Planets of the Solar System
Clare Julia and Si Bennett of Planet Custard and Egg Cup Creative, the team behind music videos for such bands as Muse, The Charlatans and Guns N’ Roses, have created a “The Space Song”, a wonderfully animated, educational song about the planets of the solar system. The really catchy tune…
NASA Maps the Sputnik Planum Region of Pluto With a Colorful Key to Show the Dwarf Planet’s Diverse Geology
NASA has released a map of a large section of the Sputnik Planum region of Pluto using a colorful key to show the dwarf planet’s diverse geology. The map section covers 1,290 miles from top to bottom and highlights more than two dozen distinct terrains, defined by their texture and…
NASA Animation Demonstrates the Unusual Ways the Moons of Pluto Spin in Their Orbits
NASA has released an animation by astronomer Mark Showalter that demonstrates the unusual ways the moons of Pluto spin in their orbits. Most inner moons in the solar system keep one face pointed toward their central planet; this animation shows that certainly isn’t the case with the small moons of…
NASA Releases an Incredible Enhanced Color Image of Pluto
NASA has released an incredible enhanced color image of the dwarf planet Pluto taken by the Ralph/Multispectral Visual Imaging Camera (MVIC) on the New Horizons space probe which made an historic flyby of Pluto on July 14, 2015. The final image is the result of combining blue, red and infrared data…
