Pluto may have a subsurface ocean thanks to layer of gas insulation

If there is a subsurface sea on Pluto, why hasn't it frozen solid? According to computer simulations devised by researchers from Japan's Hokkaido University and elsewhere, it may be that the hypothetical Plutonian sea may remain liquid thanks to an insulating gas layer keeping in the heat.

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• Hokkaido University
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• New Horizons
• Pluto

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2WeHwkl