
Episode 502
Pluto, at Long Last...
21 years in the making, scientists finally get intimate with Pluto and what lies beyond...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
August 31, 201558m 25s
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Show Notes
This week is a very special, edition of the Naked Scientists as we dedicate a whole hour to the world's favourite dwarf planet - Pluto. But how did it get there in the first place? What has the New Horizons probe uncovered? And what's beyond Pluto? Graihagh Jackson puts the mission under the microscope, talking some of the leading scientists from the New Horizons operation and taking a trip to the edge of our solar system... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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PlanetstoEarthAstronomyPhysicsnew horizonstriphorizonprobemicroscopemissionleadingsolar systemspecialleadingwholeundernaked scientists