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Pluto has “Sand Dunes”, but Instead of Sand, it’s Grains of Frozen Methane
After reviewing data from the New Horizons mission, an international team of scientists determined that Pluto has dunes made of…
More than 100 km of Liquid Water Beneath Pluto’s Surface
What lies beneath Pluto’s icy heart? New research indicates there could be a salty “Dead Sea”-like ocean more than 100…
Scientists Assemble Fresh Global Map of Pluto Comprising Sharpest Flyby Images
The science team leading NASA’s New Horizons mission that unveiled the true nature of Pluto’s long hidden looks during the…
“X” Marks the Spot of Convective Churning on Hot Pluto
“X” marks the spot that’s illustrative of “convective churning” resulting from subsurface planetary heating, as seen in a fascinating new…
Possible Ice Volcanoes Discovered on Pluto
Ice Volcanoes on Pluto? The informally named feature Wright Mons, located south of Sputnik Planum on Pluto, is an unusual…
Astonishing ‘Snakeskin’ Textured Mountains Discovered on Pluto
The more we learn about Pluto, the weirder and weirder it gets. The newest batch of high resolution Plutonian images…
See Pluto’s Icy Flow Plains and Mountains Revealed in Highest Resolution Flyover Mosaic and Movie
Highest resolution mosaic of ‘Tombaugh Regio’ shows the heart-shaped region on Pluto focusing on ice flows and plains of ‘Sputnik…
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Flowing Ice, Exotic Mountains and Backlit Haze Highlight Pluto as Never Seen Before
Spectacular imagery of huge regions of flowing ice, monumental mountain ranges and a breathtakingly backlit atmospheric haze showing Pluto as…
Pluto’s Heart of the Heart Swathed in Newly Discovered Icy Mountains and Vast Plains
APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY, LAUREL, MD - The highest resolution images ever taken of Pluto by humanity’s first spacecraft ever to…
Youthful Frozen Plains Cover Pluto’s Big ‘Heart’ – Spectacular New Images from New Horizons
This annotated view of a portion of Pluto’s Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), named for Earth’s first artificial satellite, shows an…