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Why Pluto is losing its atmosphere: winter is coming

Author: Andrew A. Cole, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Tasmania

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The spectacular layers of blue haze in Pluto's atmosphere, captured by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft.NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

The ominous warning – “winter is coming”, popularised by fantasy series Game of Thrones – applies equally well to Pluto.

The dwarf...

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