Very little is known about Pluto. This is in order to answer many questions about the dwarf planet that NASA sent the New Horizons probe to observe more ready. Now it has passed nearby, she continues to send new data, new information will be transmitted again for several months.
Whether images or data, all scientific equipment the happiness researchers. They can finally begin to unravel the secrets of Pluto. Moreover, the discoveries made continue to surprise the community.
Scientists are now able to announce that there were rivers and lakes on the surface of the dwarf planet. No rivers and lakes of water, but nitrogen. It was after the discovery of quite strange shapes on the images collected by the New Horizons probe that researchers have tried to understand their origin, which allowed experts to confirm such an existence.
Today ay, nitrogen no longer flows in rivers and lakes, it is frozen. It still poses the question of the existence of a liquid, but underground. The researchers are also convinced that this liquid exists. But to prove it, one would have to do a drill to a depth of about a kilometer. To confirm this theory, the only solution would be to send a rover to the surface of Pluto.
To support this theory, scientists hypothesize about the axis of Pluto’s inclination to Sun. When it is 23 °, the poles are frozen, this is how they were able to explain why they are frozen. But is this always the case?
The study of future data sent by the New Horizons probe should teach us more about Pluto, be it about these rivers and nitrogen lakes, but also about other mysteries. NASA obviously share the discoveries coming with us.
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