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Pluto’s mountains are snow-capped, but not for the same reasons as… – AlKhaleej Today
Pluto’s mountains are snow-capped, but not for the same reasons as…
In 2015, the New Horizons probe discovered spectacular mountains on Pluto with peaks covered in ice, strikingly resembling terrestrial massifs. Such a landscape had never been observed elsewhere in the Solar System. But, while on our planet the atmospheric temperatures decrease with the altitude, on Pluto, they warm with the altitude, because of the solar radiation. Where does this ice come from? An international team, led by scientists from the CNRS, carried out the investigation. They first de…
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