Gas layer protecting Ocean inside Pluto

GAS LAYER PROTECTING OCEAN INSIDE PLUTO   For: Mains Topic covers: How gas layer protecting ocean, earlier findings, role of methane gas, Pluto   News Flash The team from the Hokkaido University in Japan conducted computer simulations covering a timescale of 4.6 billion years when the solar system began to form. Scientists claim “an insulating layer of gas beneath Pluto’s icy exterior may be protecting a subsurface ocean from freezing“.   Background In July 2015,…

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