Pluto's famous 'heart' actually beats and keeps the planet alive, according to new research

Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 17:21 in Astronomy & Space

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto in July of 2015, but data it gathered will be analyzed for years to come. Recently, the New Horizons team published new work in Nature describing how Pluto's famous "heart" is actually beating. CBC Radio science columnist Torah Kachur explains.

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