This new type of celestial collision uncovered by Denton and her colleagues could shed light on how planets form and evolve as well as how other bodies in the outer reaches of our solar system gained their own
Modelling Cryovolcanism Due to Subsurface Ocean Freezing on Pluto and CharonJack William Conrad
As the subsurface ocean evolves with time, the thermal evidence of despinning is no longer visible. Nonetheless, the tidal dissipation results in stresses within the body (not studied here) that are potentially visible as surface features. If such attributes are able to survive until the present...
"These geologic features suggest that materials from beneath the surface have been exposed by impact events, providing a window into the moon's subsurface composition. "Our preferred interpretation is that the upper layer of carbon dioxide originates from the interior and has been e...
This new type of celestial collision uncovered by Denton and her colleagues could shed light on how planets form and evolve as well as how other bodies in the outer reaches of our solar system gained their own moons. And the new research may offer evidence for a subsurface ocean beneath Plut...