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1st known interstellar visitor 'Oumuamua is an 'exo-Pluto' — a completely new class of object, scientists say

When 1I/'Oumuamua was first spotted in 2017, astronomers quickly determined that it came from outside the solar system. But ...
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Webb telescope detects carbon dioxide, hydrogen peroxide on surface of Pluto's largest moon

Scientists have discovered carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the surface of Charon, Pluto's largest moon, offering clues about the origins of the space rock and other celestial objects in the ...

Pluto: From a Cold, Silent Ice Ball to a Warm, Active Celestial Body - What Life Possibilities Lie Beneath Its Icy Surface?

Traditional theories suggest that Pluto's formation process is similar to that of other celestial bodies in the Kuiper Belt, ...

Did Pluto Have a 'Fiery' Birth? The Possibility of Hidden Life in the Underground Ocean of the Dwarf Planet at the Edge of the Solar System?

At the vast edge of the solar system, Pluto has long been perceived as a cold and lonely dwarf planet. However, a recent ...
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Pluto May Have Hidden an Ocean Beneath Its Icy Crust for Billions of Years

Pluto, once thought to be a frozen and lifeless world drifting on the edge of our solar system, may be harboring one of its ...
Purdue University

Purdue team finds convection could produce Pluto's polygons

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet's surface. Data ...
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Pluto has giant ice volcanoes that could hint at the possibility of life

Images of Pluto captured by NASA's New Horizons mission have revealed a new surprise: ice volcanoes. The spacecraft performed a flyby of the dwarf planet and its moons in July 2015, and the insights ...

A dwarf planet far beyond Pluto might have a paper-thin atmosphere

"Makemake is one of the largest and brightest icy worlds beyond Neptune, and its surface is dominated by frozen methane," ...
Purdue University

An ammonia-water slurry may swirl below Pluto's icy surface

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Researchers propose an ammonia-water slurry as the basis for Pluto's newly discovered geologic activity and possible volcanism, and offer a new method to predict planetary vigor ...

Hubble sees white dwarf eating piece of Pluto-like object

In our nearby stellar neighborhood, a burned-out star is snacking on a fragment of a Pluto-like object. With its unique ultraviolet capability, only NASA's Hubble Space Telescope could identify that ...
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NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA's Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto's largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the ...
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NASA’s Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto’s largest moon

NEW YORK (AP) — NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon. It detected for the first time traces of carbon dioxide and hydrogen peroxide on the ...