Science, incredible endeavours of human capabilities, and Pluto: a perfect recipe for fun and wit on Twitter. Here’s a roundup of some of our favorite tweets making the rounds today as NASA’s New Horizons spaceship got up close and personal with the former planet.
The best thing about the Pluto image from NASA today is the silhouette of Pluto the dog right on it. pic.twitter.com/hVqD5QTwGz — Scott Johnson (@scottjohnson) July 14, 2015
Introducing #Pluto! Hubble vs. #NewHorizons (via @imbadatlife) #PlutoFlyby pic.twitter.com/syMDvrue0J
— Berkeley Lab (@BerkeleyLab) July 14, 2015
Here is the 2nd coolest Pluto pic today: Seen through a comet’s snowstorm! http://t.co/YvZ8zzB3Fd pic.twitter.com/9VcgRvdVZR
— Phil Plait (@BadAstronomer) July 14, 2015
The @NASANewHorizons team reacts to seeing images of Pluto #PlutoFlyby @nasahqphoto pic.twitter.com/E8BODPnvg9
— NASA Goddard (@NASAGoddard) July 14, 2015
Ternura #Pluto pic.twitter.com/BxTdXpQc7k
— Matty Marek (@MattyAranguiz) July 14, 2015
Check this out: the best Pluto pictures science could manage in 1930, 2010 and yesterday http://t.co/ONRSbBd9bh pic.twitter.com/18LVdptrf9 — The Economist (@EconSciTech) July 14, 2015
“What’s up Pluto?” pic.twitter.com/YZx32qCQxL
— Hamptons Television® (@HamptonsTV) July 14, 2015
Pluto looked surprised to see us. pic.twitter.com/QAT62sfPxD — P@ (@Pat_Cunningham) July 14, 2015
It takes 4.5 hours for light to travel from Pluto to Earth, but it took the Earthlings 9 years to to get there! #PlutoFlyby
— Jefril Amboy (@Sir_Amboy) July 14, 2015
We’ve finally added Pluto to the family portrait of the Solar System http://t.co/4GnuUe8ROK pic.twitter.com/kELeciZ3Yi — Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 14, 2015
RT @mdy1: You could ride a bicycle around Pluto’s moons Hydra and Nix in an afternoon. Their sizes vs. Denver: pic.twitter.com/cfrTXEAeOv
— CPR News (@NewsCPR) July 14, 2015
@NASA Can we get comfirmation that Pluto is in fact the Care Bear homeworld? #pluto #NewHorizons pic.twitter.com/bmCFNMJ9Y6 — Crashtestgamer (@Crashtestgamer) July 14, 2015
GODDAMMIT pic.twitter.com/pwfKpmyumA — Luke Bailey (@imbadatlife) July 14, 2015
Dear Earth, Remember when you guys demoted me from being a planet, crushing the spirits of underdogs everywhere? I do. Signed, Pluto
— Sarah Purdy (@PurdyAwesome4) July 14, 2015
My dog can’t decide if the white area looks like a heart or like Pluto the dog! @AntonioParis @scottjohnson pic.twitter.com/Kpx4R4E7Hl
— Manuela Rossol (@Abana09) July 14, 2015
Pluto vs Pluto… here’s how we viewed the planet in 1996 versus the beautiful image we have today… pic.twitter.com/nrg4NQlu4O
— Cody Matz (@CodyMatzFox9) July 14, 2015
Pluto sent a love note back to Earth via @NASANewHorizons. This is the last image taken before today’s #PlutoFlyby. pic.twitter.com/a2AE20LHcR
— NASA (@NASA) July 14, 2015