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from Yahoo! News \/ Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Underground ocean found on Pluto, likely slushy with ice<\/h1>\n

By Irene Klotz<\/p>\n

\"NASA\u2019sNASA\/Handout via REUTERS<\/em><\/p>\n

HOUSTON (Reuters) – Scientists have found evidence that tiny, distant Pluto harbors a hidden ocean beneath the frozen surface of its heart-shaped central plain containing as much water as all of Earth’s seas.<\/p>\n

The finding, reported on Wednesday in two research papers published in the journal Nature, adds Pluto to a growing list of worlds in the solar system beyond Earth believed to have underground oceans, some of which potentially could be habitats for life.<\/p>\n

Pluto’s ocean, which is likely slushy with ice, lies 93 to 124 miles (150 to 200 km) beneath the dwarf planet’s icy surface and is about 62 miles (100 km) deep, planetary scientist Francis Nimmo of the University of California, Santa Cruz said in an interview.<\/p>\n

With its ocean covered by so much ice, Pluto is not a prime candidate for life, added Massachusetts Institute of Technology planetary scientist Richard Binzel, another of the researchers. But Binzel added that “one is careful to never say the word impossible.”<\/p>\n

Liquid water is considered one of the essential ingredients for life.<\/p>\n

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