Clyde Tombaugh got his gig as a junior astronomer with Lowell Observatory when he sent in observations he’d made of Jupiter and Mars on a homemade telescope (constructed using such sundries as a 1910 Buick’s crankshaft and discarded dairy farm equipment). He was only asking for their opinions on his work, but they were so impressed that they offered him a job. … [Read more...] about Our Closest Look Ever at Pluto’s Weird, Beautiful Surface
