Pluto Liquid Ocean

The study claimed if Pluto's ocean had frozen millions of years ago, it would have caused the entire planet to shrink.

Present day Pluto may have a liquid ocean sloshing around under its icy crust, according to to a new analysis of data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gears up to visit Pluto and its giant moon Charon next year, researchers predicted different fracture patterns on the surface of Charon that could point towards underground liquid water - a necessary ingredient for life.

The study claimed if Pluto's ocean had frozen millions of years ago, it would have caused the entire planet to shrink.

Present day Pluto may have a liquid ocean sloshing around under its icy crust, according to to a new analysis of data from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.

Even as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft gears up to visit Pluto and its giant moon Charon next year, researchers predicted different fracture patterns on the surface of Charon that could point towards underground liquid water - a necessary ingredient for life.