Saturday, 4 November 2023

Supervolcano on Pluto

 

Image courtesy of NASA,JPL 

Joel Kontinen 

Some scientists suppose that Pluto has a supervolcano that may erupt in our days. they say that it is the size of size of Yellowstone.  They also sat that research has shown that  it may become alive.  

“The newly discovered volcano, Kiladze Caldera, was originally pegged as a crater via images captured by NASA's New Horizons mission. After taking a second look at data from New Horizons, scientists now think Kiladze Caldera has erupted multiple times over its history, spewing around "a thousand kilometers of cryo-lava" — or enough to almost cover the city of Los Angeles —”

But some time ago, scientist thought that pluto cannot harbour volcanoes, as its age is 4. . 5 billion years is too old for it. thus, the solar system cannot be that age, 

Source; 

 Briley Lewis. 2023, Pluto may have an ice-spewing 'supervolcano' the size of Yellowstone, New Horizons data reveals. Live Science 3 November.