How Pluto’s Heart Makes Its Atmosphere Spin Backward - SciShow News

The video discusses the challenges of analyzing moon rocks due to limited samples and destructive methods. It introduces Atom Probe Tomography (APT), a technique that allows for detailed analysis of lunar soil at the atomic level, providing a 3D map of the sample. This method is resource-efficient and offers insights into the moon's geology. The video also explores Pluto's heart, a nitrogen-rich region affecting the dwarf planet's atmosphere and landscape. The New Horizons mission has provided valuable data, revealing unique atmospheric phenomena on Pluto.

Explain the process of how Pluto's atmosphere gains and loses mass and pressure.

What is the significance of the backward rotation of part of Pluto's atmosphere?

How has the New Horizons mission contributed to our understanding of Pluto?