NASA discovers what looks like a giant ‘bite mark’ on Pluto’s surface
The southern portion of the right inset shows the cratered plateau uplands informally named Vega Terra on the surface of Pluto (Photo credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)
Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface.
The team suspect it may be caused by a process known as sublimation – the transition of a substance from a solid to a gas.
The methane ice-rich surface on Pluto ma
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