Pluto might seem like the least likely place to find liquid water, but thanks to New Horizons, we have new information about oceans on the dwarf planet and more from the outer reaches of the solar system!
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It’s called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org
———-
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
———-
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters
———-
Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow
———-
Check out the playlist for season 2 of Origin of Everything!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLfvwXL7G2Ih9TBgSyM1gD9D24HZHlg5T
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
———-
Sources:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-019-0369-8
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/hu-gic051719.php
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13000
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-evidence-strengthens-case-wet-ocean-beneath-plutos-surface-180959534/
http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/ask/155-How-cold-is-it-on-Pluto-
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/364/6441/eaaw9771
https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/945/nasas-new-horizons-team-publishes-first-kuiper-belt-flyby-science-results/
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-s-new-horizons-team-publishes-first-kuiper-belt-flyby-science-results
IMAGES
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a013000/a013000/pluto-cryovolcano16x9_1024x576.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/a-full-view-of-pluto-s-stunning-crescent
Watch Now
