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| Tango01 | 02 Sep 2016 1:07 p.m. PST |
"A massive ice volcano towers over the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres, researchers report today in Science1. Dubbed Ahuna Mons, the volcano stands 4 kilometres tall, roughly half the height of Mount Everest. Although scientists have spotted potential cryovolcanoes elsewhere in the Solar System — most notably on Pluto2 — the study's authors say that their evidence is the strongest yet. "This huge mountain was a surprise," says lead author Ottaviano Ruesch, a planetary scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. "We were expecting to see just fluid plains of lava."
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| tkdguy | 02 Sep 2016 9:58 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2016 10:54 a.m. PST |
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