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Ice volcanoes identified on 'surprisingly active' Pluto

A batch of dome-shaped ice volcanoes that look unlike anything else known in our solar system and might still be active have been identified on Pluto using data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, showing that the remote, frigid world is more dynamic than previously known.
Scientists on Tuesday said that the cryovolcanoes which number perhaps 10 or more are from 1km to 7km tall.
Unlike volcanoes on Earth that spew gases and molten rock, the dwarf planet’s cryovolcanoes extrude large amounts of ice, apparently frozen water rather than some other frozen material, that might have the consistency of toothpaste, they ....

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