Discover the mystery hidden within Pluto’s heart – a massive, dense treasure awaits instead of an ocean. Sputnik Planitia, captured by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, is a heart-shaped feature filled with frozen nitrogen, located below the surface of Pluto. Scientists believe it to be an impact basin, creating a giant hole in the ground. The basin’s position across Pluto’s equator poses a puzzling challenge, as it could lead to unstable wobbles over time due to the object’s rotation.
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