New Horizons at Pluto
On 14th July 2015 the New Horizons probe whizzed past Pluto, providing our first ever close-ups of this tiny world at the edge of our Solar System. This month, Edward Gomez and I discuss why Pluto is so fascinating, and what the first few images have told us. We also chatted about this month\u2019s other big story, the discovery of another Earth-like planet, and why it\u2019s a bit early to get too excited about future holiday plans! And Hugh Lang tells us about August\u2019s Perseid meteor shower.\nTo get a feel for why New Horizons has proved\xa0so fascinating,\xa0and why we want to know more about Pluto, we also hear from\xa0a number of other people\xa0at this year\u2019s National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno:\n\nJane Greaves\xa0(University of St Andrews)\nJen Gupta (University of Portsmouth)\nMegan Argo (University of Manchester)\nSteve Serjeant (Open University)\nSimon Green (Open University)\nManuel Grande (Aberystwyth University)\nCharles Barclay (Blackett Observatory, Marlborough College)\nDavid Southwood (Imperial College London, Ret\u2019d Director of Science, ESA)\n\n\nOriginally broadcast (in edited form) on 30th July\xa02015 as part of Pythagoras\u2019 Trousers on Radio Cardiff.\nAnd don\u2019t forget the\xa0upcoming talk about Rosetta on 24th August by\xa0Mark McCaughrean, Senior Science Advisor at ESA.