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An icy supervolcano eruption on Pluto may have left a massive crater on the frozen world

An icy supervolcano eruption on Pluto may have left a massive crater on the frozen world

A landmark on Pluto that was previously designated as an impact crater may actually be the caldera of a supervolcano that has exploded in the past few million years, new research suggests. When NASA’s New Horizons mission flew by Pluto in 2015, it revealed a geologically rich world, rather than the cold, dark landscape many had anticipated. Almost immediately, researchers …

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