Apparently Pluto, the very distant planet in our solar system has somewhat of a tail. NASA discovered some very cold ionized gas over 50,000 miles behind the planet. Believe it or not it is actually considered to be part of it’s atmosphere:

This giant tail is actually part of Pluto’s atmosphere. Except that the bits of atmosphere are being stripped away by solar wind, a torrent of electrically charged particles that constantly pours out of the sun in all directions.

Let’s find out more about this mysterious discovery in the video on page 2

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