May 23 - Pluto Ocean

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A natural color view of Pluto, as seen by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. Image via NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI/Alex Parker.

New evidence for Pluto's subsurface ocean Does Pluto have an ocean? That idea seems preposterous at first, but a new study adds to the growing evidence for a subsurface ocean on this distant dwarf planet ... and explains how it stays liquid. Read more. Why the moon's near and far sides look different New research suggests that a wayward dwarf planet collided with the moon in the early history of the solar system, causing the stark difference between the moon’s heavily-cratered far side and the lower-lying open basins of its near side. Read more. More West Antarctic glacier ice now unstable By combining 25 years of satellite data, scientists have discovered that warming ocean waters have caused the ice to thin so rapidly that 24% of the glacier ice in West Antarctica is now affected. Read more.

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Tonight …Look for the beautiful Northern Crown Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is an almost perfect semi-circle of stars. Look for it between 2 bright stars: Arcturus and Vega. Read more.

A planet and many moons Asthadi Setyawan in Malang, East Java, Indonesia, caught Earth's moon, the planet Jupiter and Jupiter's 4 largest moons on May 20. Submit your photo to EarthSky here! Did a friend forward EarthSkyNews to you? Click here to get your own subscription!

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