NASA Spots Methane Snow On Pluto's Mountains
- 8 years ago
Mountains on Earth are commonly topped with snow, and NASA astronomers now believe they have spotted a similar phenomenon on Pluto.
Mountains on Earth are commonly topped with snow, and NASA astronomers now believe they have spotted a similar phenomenon on Pluto.
The area under consideration is a 260-mile-long mountain range in the area known as Cthulhu.
An image taken by the agency’s New Horizons spacecraft last year from about 21,000 miles away shows a bright material covering the tops of the highest peaks.
After some examination, scientists have determined that it could be, according to a press release, “methane that has condensed as ice.”
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Mountains on Earth are commonly topped with snow, and NASA astronomers now believe they have spotted a similar phenomenon on Pluto.
The area under consideration is a 260-mile-long mountain range in the area known as Cthulhu.
An image taken by the agency’s New Horizons spacecraft last year from about 21,000 miles away shows a bright material covering the tops of the highest peaks.
After some examination, scientists have determined that it could be, according to a press release, “methane that has condensed as ice.”
One of the tea