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Icy volcanoes may dot Pluto's surface

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New Horizons mission spots a pair of mountains with deep pits at their centres.

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Witze, A. Icy volcanoes may dot Pluto's surface. Nature (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2015.18756

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