Research bolsters case for a present-day subsurface ocean on Pluto
Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 12:01
in Astronomy & Space
When the NASA's New Horizons spacecraft buzzed by Pluto last year, it revealed tantalizing clues that the dwarf planet might have—or had at one time—a liquid ocean sloshing around under its icy crust. According to a new analysis led by a Brown University Ph.D. student, such an ocean likely still exists today.