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posted by janrinok on Saturday October 10 2015, @07:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the I'll-have-ice-with-that-please dept.

Just 10 days after confirming that liquid water has been found on Mars, the US space agency revealed the amazing dwarf-planet has both ice and a 'gorgeous' blue sky.

A NASA spokesman said: "New Horizons has detected numerous small, exposed regions of water ice on Pluto.

"The discovery was made from data collected by the Ralph spectral composition mapper on New Horizons."

There has been repeated speculation Pluto may have a liquid sea under its surface, and confirmation of water ice on the surface adds to this theory.

Amazingly, much of the frozen ice has been found in a deep crack running from an interesting crater on Pluto first highlighted to NASA by Express.co.uk as a potentially interesting feature back in July when images first beamed back.

Europa, Enceladus, Mars, and Pluto. Mind-blowing if they all had life, too.

NASA release.


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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by In hydraulis on Saturday October 10 2015, @10:06AM

    by In hydraulis (386) on Saturday October 10 2015, @10:06AM (#247736)

    Regarding the fine express.co.uk article:

    Never link to that site again.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Saturday October 10 2015, @11:00AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Saturday October 10 2015, @11:00AM (#247740) Journal

      +1: agree.

      2 uses of 'shock', 3 of 'claim(s)'... oooh, wait: "You can live to be 150... if you give up SEX - and everything else you enjoy"... thas my kind of news for nerds (give up sex... or have it DENIED!!!) :)

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      --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
    • (Score: 3, Informative) by Gravis on Saturday October 10 2015, @12:19PM

      by Gravis (4596) on Saturday October 10 2015, @12:19PM (#247751)

      i'm inclined to agree. that site is a rag and tries to spy on you as much as possible. 12 blocks from privacy badger alone.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @05:58PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @05:58PM (#247820)

      At least it's readable without Javascript, unlike NASA's page.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @03:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @03:31PM (#247780)

    All these worlds are yours, except Europa.

  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @07:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 10 2015, @07:57PM (#247850)

    > frozen ice has been found in a deep crack running from an interesting crater

    You perfectly describe my ex-wife.