News Archive / Tagged: glaciers
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Pluto’s glaciers change with its seasons
Laurel KornfeldAugust 26th, 2020Using data returned by NASA’s New Horizons mission’s July 2015 Pluto flyby, a group of researchers discovered evidence that the dwarf planet’s glaciers expand and grow in response to seasonal changes.
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Eternal Ice Age: Unusual ridges near Pluto’s Sputnik Planitia formed by ancient glaciers
Laurel KornfeldNovember 28th, 2018Oddly-shaped ridges located adjacent to Pluto's Sputnik Planitia were created by ancient nitrogen ice glaciers, according to a group of scientists led by the SETI Institute's Oliver White.
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Pluto’s Earth-like glaciers puzzle scientists
Laurel KornfeldAugust 14th, 2018Data returned by NASA's New Horizons mission shows Pluto has extremely high mountains, where glaciation appears to be occurring, a finding scientists cannot fully explain.
