Scientists have discovered on Charon, the frozen sea and ice volcanoes.
Recently obtained pictures of the surface of Charon (satellite of Pluto) gave researchers plenty of new information to ponder. It is reported that in the pictures it is clear that on the surface of a celestial body can be a huge mass of water frozen.
Probably talking about turned into solid sea ice, the scientists suggest. In addition, the detected objects that look like frozen volcanoes.
This satellite of Pluto has long attracted the attention of space explorers. However, to obtain high-quality images of Charon from Earth is very difficult. For ground-based telescopes is too small the object is located at a very great distance from our planet.
So you have to rely only on pictures taken from space. Last pictures transmitted from a space probe New horizons, sent to study Pluto and its satellite. As usual, the main intrigue remains the possibility of development on the Charon simplest forms of life.
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