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Dwarf planet Ceres is 'ocean world' with salty water deep underground
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is an “ocean world” with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that raise interest in this dwarf planet as a possible outpost for life.
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Uranus smells like farts, astronomers have confirmed — which could indicate there was 'a big shakeup' early in the solar system
Scientists had suspected that Uranus had clouds of hydrogen sulfide, a compound that smells like rotten eggs and farts. But they couldn't be certain until now.
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Pluto Could Be Made A Planet Again—Along with 102 ...
What's in a name? When Pluto was demoted to dwarf planet status in 2006, it was because the International Astronomical Union (IAU) declared that to be a planet, you had to be massive enough to clear your neighboring region of other objects. Now, experts are reconsidering that designation. Pluto may live again! Find out why in the video below.
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Pluto 'has slushy ocean' below surface
Pluto may harbour a slushy water ocean beneath its most prominent surface feature, known as the "heart". This could explain why part of the heart-shaped region - called Sputnik Planitia - is locked in alignment with Pluto's largest moon Charon. A viscous ocean beneath the icy crust could have acted as a heavy, irregular mass that rolled Pluto over, so that Sputnik Planitia was facing the moon. The findings are based on data from Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft.
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Pluto Is a Weirder Place Than You Ever Imagined
It's official. Pluto just keeps getting weirder. Last July the space probe New Horizons made humanity's first flyby of Pluto and glimpsed a world stranger and far more complex than anyone had imagined. Rather than dull and dead, the dwarf planet is smattered with odd geographical features and, somehow, ongoing geological activity. Today, we've learned even more about this weird world and its moons from the scientists trying to make sense of the discovery...
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