Environment/Science
Washington DC, Mar 12 (IBNS) Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface. They suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation—the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas. The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto may be sublimating away into the atmosphere, exposing a layer of water-ice underneath. more
Pluto’s mysterious, floating hills

Los Angeles, Feb 5 (IBNS) The nitrogen ice glaciers on Pluto appear to carry an intriguing cargo: numerous, isolated hills that may be fragments of water ice from Pluto’s surrounding uplan ...

Pluto’s widespread water ice

California, Jan 29 (Just Earth News/IBNS): New data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto’s surface than previously thought.