New research from scientists at the University of California and MIT shows there’s an ocean of slushy liquid similar to antifreeze below the surface of Pluto.
Scientists used data from NASA’s New Horizons to conclude the liquid ocean is probably water mixed with ammonia, which is similar to some commercial antifreeze. The liquid helps keep Pluto relatively warm.
“As far as we can tell, there’s no tidal heating helping to keep the ocean liquid,” Dr. Francis Nimmo, a scientist from the University of California at Santa Cruz who was involved in the research, told Universe Today. “The main heat source keeping the ocean liquid is radioactive decay in Pluto’s rocky interior, although it certainly helps if there is an ‘antifreeze’ present.”..
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