Pluto May Have Always Had Its Icy Heart
How Pluto get one of its most notable feature has been up for debate ever since the New Horizons spacecraft repose eye upon it in 2015 . The heart - shaped part , named Sputnik Planitia , is a rich basin full of shabu , but its origin is a bit of a whodunit . Now a study published inNaturehas proposed a new answer . direct by Douglas Hamilton from the University of Maryland , it suggests that the warmness formed early in Pluto ’s liveliness , and its mod appearance is the result of the evolution of the dwarf planet ....