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Liquid Nitrogen May Have Flowed on Pluto’s Surface in Recent Past
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Enrico de Lazaro
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Planetary researchers have identified evidence suggesting that liquid nitrogen may have recently flowed on the surface of Pluto. Analysis of images from the New Horizons mission shows dark streaks on the Sputnik Planitia glacier that resemble meltwater patterns on Earth.
Planetary researchers analyzing images from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft have found evidence that liquid nitrogen may still be seeping up from beneath the dwarf planet’s giant glacier, Sputnik Planitia, marking the first suggested case of recently flowing liquid on Pluto’s surface.
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