- A suspected subsurface ocean on Pluto might be old and deep. New analyses of images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft suggest that the dwarf planet has had an underground ocean since shortly after Pluto formed 4.5 billion years ago. https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-subsurface-ocean-may-be-old-deep-nasa-new-horizons 16 comments space
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- More Evidence That Pluto Might Have a Subsurface Ocean | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-evidence-pluto-might-have-subsurface-ocean-180974550/ 82 comments
- NASA’s Europa mission is a homecoming for one planetary astronomer https://www.sciencenews.org/article/buratti-nasa-europa-mission 5 comments
- Icy volcanoes on Pluto may have spewed organic-rich water https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ice-volcanoes-pluto-may-have-spewed-organic-rich-water?tgt=nr 3 comments
- Meet the Solar System's five official dwarf⦠| The Planetary Society https://www.planetary.org/articles/meet-the-dwarf-planets 2 comments
- Pluto’s heart-shaped basin might not hide an ocean after all https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-heart-sputnik-planitia-no-ocean 2 comments
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- 15 years ago, Pluto became a dwarf planet. Does that move still make sense?| Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-planet-vote-status-definition-demotion 19 comments
- The discovery of the Kuiper Belt revamped our view of the solar system https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kuiper-belt-discovery-solar-system-planets-space 3 comments
- Pluto’s dark side reveals clues to its atmosphere and frost cycles https://www.sciencenews.org/article/pluto-dark-side-image-atmosphere-ice-frost-charon 1 comment
- Kuiper Belt dust may be in our atmosphere and NASA labs | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/kuiper-belt-dust-earth-atmosphere-nasa-labs-right-now 0 comments
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