S3 • E9 Aug 20, 2017
Pluto is one of the least understood bodies in our solar system. In 2006 the New Horizons spacecraft set out on a mission to explore what was then the ninth planet in our solar system. It would take nine and a half years to travel the 7.5 billion kilometers, but shortly after New Horizon's departure, Pluto would be stripped of its planetary status. What compelled the scientific community to change its classification, and what can this ball of rock and ice floating in distant darkness tell us? This suite takes us to the strange world at the edge of our solar system, one with many secrets waiting to be discovered.
