{
  "id": 2012607,
  "title": "Pluto Planetary Science is the Gift that Keeps on Giving",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/pluto-planetary-science-is-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-19T20:12:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Universe Today",
    "slug": "universe-today",
    "url": "https://www.universetoday.com/articles/pluto-planetary-science-is-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Something's wetting the surface of dwarf planet Pluto along the northern edge of Sputnik Planitia, and planetary scientists have found a good explanation for it. A recent study of new Horizons images taken during the 2015 flyby revealed evidence that liquid nitrogen is rising up through cracks in Sputnik Planitia. That's the giant heart-shaped glacial basin we see in all the Pluto images taken by…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}