Skyscraper-size spires of mehtane ice may cover around 60% of Pluto‘s equatorial region — a larger area than scientists previously estimated, new research finds. The study, published July 5 in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, was based on data collected by NASA‘s New Horizons spacecraft, which captured the first close-up images of the tiny world a decade ago, on …
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