InstagramPhysics Uncovered on Instagram: "On July 14, 2015, after a silent 9-year voyage across the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at 7,800 miles and forever changed how we see the distant dwarf planet.
What we expected was a cold, dead, cratered world.
What we got instead was a vibrant, geologically alive planet with towering water-ice mountains rising over 11,000 feet, a vast nitrogen-methane ice plain shaped like a perfect heart (Sputnik Planitia), and a delicate blue haze wrapping its atmosphere, a surprising cousin to Earth’s own sky."38K likes, 1,025 comments - physicsuncovered on May 30, 2026: "On July 14, 2015, after a silent 9-year voyage across the solar system, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto at 7,800 miles and forever changed how we see the distant dwarf planet.
What we expected was a cold, dead, cratered world.
What we got instead was a vibrant, geologically alive planet with towering water-ice mountains rising over 11,000 feet, a vast nitrogen-methane ice plain shaped like a perfect heart (Sputnik Planitia), and a delicate blue haze wrapping its atmosphere, a surprising cousin to Earth’s own sky.".