330K views · 3.9K reactions | Temperatures Across the Solar System - We created this animation to show how hot or cold things really get in our solar system. From the Sun’s blazing surface to Pluto’s deep freeze, each planet has its own wild temperature range. Some might surprise you, like how Venus is hotter than Mercury, or how Uranus is the coldest of them all. It’s a simple, visual journey through space, told in heat and cold. | The Brain Maze | Facebook

Learn about the astonishing discoveries and near-misses of the New Horizons mission to Pluto 🚀 #PlanetExplorers brings you epic stories of exploration and discovery around five bodies in our solar system, told by the scientists who love and study them, available now on Facebook Watch. | BBC Earth

5.1K views · 171 shares | Five years ago today, our New Horizons mission reached Pluto. The spacecraft revealed that what we once knew only as a tiny dot is a complex and beautiful world: solarsystem.nasa.gov/pluto | NASA Solar System Exploration | Facebook