Monday, July 13, 2015

Pluto - look out, here we come!

With just about a day to closest approach, images of the farthest planet (sorry, dwarf planet) from the sun are streaming in and boy are they great!  Nothing like what I expected, but hey, the universe always seems to surprise us.

Check out Pluto mission at APL for up to the minute information on this history making event.
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