#Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto
“#Evidence supports ‘hot start’ scenario and early ocean formation on Pluto” Extensional faults (arrows) on the surface of Pluto indicate expansion of the dwarf planet’s icy crust, attributed to freezing of a subsurface ocean. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Alex Parker The accretion of new material during Pluto’s formation may have generated…