The New Horizons spacecraft has performed its fly-by of Pluto and has sent the best ever image of the dwarf planet back to Earth.
According to Alan Stern, principle mission investigator for the New Horizons project, this image has a resolution of 4km per pixel, which is 1000x better than previous images taken by the Hubble Telescope.
The New Horizons probe is currently not communicating with Earth as it gathers crucial information over the coming hours. By tomorrow, we will have more information, such as topography and color information. We will also be treated to images with up to 10x the resolution of this one.
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According to Alan Stern, principle mission investigator for the New Horizons project, this image has a resolution of 4km per pixel, which is 1000x better than previous images taken by the Hubble Telescope.
The New Horizons probe is currently not communicating with Earth as it gathers crucial information over the coming hours. By tomorrow, we will have more information, such as topography and color information. We will also be treated to images with up to 10x the resolution of this one.
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