ON PLUTO, SNOW SMELLS LIKE FARTS
NASA Reveals Closeup Of Pluto's Mountain Peaks Of Methane Snow
On Thursday, NASA released closeup photos of a large mountain range covered in methane snow found in the southeast corner of the planet's large red-stained Cthulhu region. Scientists believe that methane on Pluto may act similarly to water in Earth's atmosphere — turning into snow at high altitudes and falling onto the mountain peaks below.
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<p>Benjamin Goggin is the News Editor at Digg. </p>