A stunning image of a heart-shaped glacier on Pluto’s surface was captured by NASA’s Horizons spacecraft. We know the heart-shaped region as Tombaugh Regio unofficially, and it is full of nitrogen and methane. Launched in 2006, New Horizons conducted a flyby of Pluto in 2015, providing humanity with the clearest images of the dwarf planet to date. In 2019, New Horizons observed a Kuiper Belt Object named Arrokoth, thereby achieving the farthest exploration of a celestial object by humans. NASA is currently debating the next mission of the New Horizons probe, which casts uncertainty on its future. NASA is deciding … Continue reading NASA New Horizons’ Epic Expedition Unveiling Pluto’s Secrets