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Ice flows, haze offer more clues to Pluto’s geology

Latest New Horizons data hint at underground ocean

false-color image of pluto

SPREADING THE LOVE  One of the latest false color images of Pluto from the New Horizons spacecraft suggests that the dwarf planet’s heart may push exotic ices to its edges.  

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By Ashley Yeager

- More than 2 years ago

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Exotic ices flow across Pluto’s surface, and its reddish color appears to come from a thin haze, the latest report from the New Horizons spacecraft reveals.