[HN Gopher] Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto
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       Large-scale cryovolcanic resurfacing on Pluto
        
       Author : dangle1
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2022-03-29 20:45 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.nature.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.nature.com)
        
       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | With geothermal energy it's plausible that Pluto has underground
       | oceans with a volume greater than the Earth's!
        
         | AnimalMuppet wrote:
         | That's giving "plausible" quite a workout. (Um, that is, unless
         | by "ocean" you mean "something liquid", not "liquid _water_ ".
         | Even then, though, the scientists seem to be leaning toward
         | "shush" rather than "liquid".)
        
           | PaulHoule wrote:
           | Outer solar system bodies like Pluto contain water as a major
           | component, not just a breath of condensation on the surface.
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           | Between high pressure, freezing point depression of brines,
           | geothermal and sometimes tidal heat, liquid water underground
           | is generic to outer solar system, cometary and interstellar
           | bodies of fair size and above.
        
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