Data reported by NASA’s New Horizons New Horizons mission to the Pluto system shows unusual terrain in this region, which features a large deposit of nitrogen ice with a pattern of polygons that are ...

Rayleigh-Bénard convection, a classical paradigm in fluid dynamics, describes the buoyancy‐driven flow that occurs when a horizontal fluid layer is heated from below and cooled from above.

Pluto's polygons may have been formed by convection Date: June 1, 2016 Source: Purdue University Summary: On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of ...

This looks like it could be a fabric print, but in fact you’re looking at magnified view of a phenomenon known as Rayleigh-Benard convection, as temperature differences drive the motion of ...

The fluffy ring is made up of cumulus clouds that have been sculpted into a Rayleigh-Benard convection cell — a meteorological phenomenon powered by the rising and falling of air that's been ...