Is Pluto Slowly Losing its Atmosphere? Dwarf Planet Loses Gas as it Moves Farther From the Sun

According to a recent research, Pluto's gases are disappearing and reverting back into ice as it moves farther away from the Sun.

Pluto may no longer be considered a planet - a point of contention among scientists - but it is still a planetary entity of interest to astronomers. As a result, we continue to discover new things about this faraway rock regularly.

Astronomers have just discovered that Pluto has snowcapped mountains and liquid seas under its surface, two findings that might help us learn more about how the dwarf planet's atmosphere works (and both coming as a result of the 2015 New Horizons flyby).

The 2018 observations were aided by a 'central flare,' suggesting that the telescopes pointed directly at Pluto as atmosphere data were taken, bolstering their reliability.

According to Young, "the center flare observed in 2018 was by far the strongest anybody has ever seen in a Pluto occultation." "The center flare provides us with highly precise information on Pluto's shadow path on Earth."

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