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NASA's New Horizons Discovers Frozen Plains in the Heart of Pluto's 'Heart'


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Pluto craterless plain

In the center left of Plutos vast heart-shaped featureinformally named "Tombaugh Regio"lies a vast, craterless plain that appears to be no more than 100 million years old, and is possibly still being shaped by geologic processes.

Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

In the latest data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft, a new close-up image of Pluto reveals a vast, craterless plain that appears to be no more than 100 million years old, and is possibly still being shaped by geologic processes.

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