A photo of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons mission
NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute
Scientists have discovered that a supervolcano on Pluto, similar in size to the one in Yellowstone National Park, may have erupted and released ice onto the dwarf planet’s surface a few million years ago. This finding is based on the analysis of a crater observed by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft.
During its flyby of Pluto in 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft captured images of ice volcanoes on the dwarf planet. These volcanoes are believed to eject chunks of frozen water instead of lava.
