Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Rivers of Liquid Nitrogen May Have Once Flowed on Pluto


Rivers of Liquid Nitrogen May Have Once Flowed on Pluto
New research presented at the 2016 Lunar and Planetary Sciences Conference reveals tropic and arctic regions on Pluto, and a dynamic climate cycle that’s causing its atmosphere to fluctuate in size over time—possibly allowing for lakes and rivers of liquid nitrogen to form at the surface.

Article:
http://gizmodo.com/pluto-may-have-had-rivers-of-liquid-nitrogen-1766214976

LPSC:
http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/

#space   #LPSC   #pluto   #universe

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