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Water on Pluto.

Chainsmoke

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http://www.nasa.gov/nh/nh-finds-blue-skies-and-water-ice-on-pluto/

Water Ice on Pluto: Regions with exposed water ice are highlighted in blue in this composite image from New Horizons' Ralph instrument, combining visible imagery from the Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera (MVIC) with infrared spectroscopy from the Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array (LEISA). The strongest signatures of water ice occur along Virgil Fossa, just west of Elliot crater on the left side of the inset image, and also in Viking Terra near the top of the frame. A major outcrop also occurs in Baré Montes towards the right of the image, along with numerous much smaller outcrops, mostly associated with impact craters and valleys between mountains. The scene is approximately 280 miles (450 kilometers) across. Note that all surface feature names are informal.
Credits: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

In a second significant finding, New Horizons has detected numerous small, exposed regions of water ice on Pluto. The discovery was made from data collected by the Ralph spectral composition mapper on New Horizons.

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I couldn't seem to find any threads on this in here! I feel outdated posting this, but I feel it's gotta be out here.
 

Magnificent

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they also found water on mars recently.
 

Zeus

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wow you finally posted something irrelevant
 
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