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The bright frosts observed in 2015 in the equatorial region of Cthulhu on Pluto are mostly made of methane-rich ice, according to new research. This image, taken by NASA’s New Horizon spacecraft in 2015, shows the Pigafetta Montes mountain range on Pluto; the colorization on the right indicates the concentrations …

Scientists Discover Antarctica’s First Active Methane Seep A team of marine ecologists from Oregon State University has described the formation and development of a new methane seep — a location where methane escapes from an underground reservoir and into the ocean — in the Ross Sea, the High Antarctic. The …

NASA’s Cassini orbiter watched bright, feathery clouds of methane moving across the northern regions of Titan, the largest moon of Saturn, on May 7, 2017. This image was taken on May 7, 2017, at a distance of 316,000 miles (508,000 km). The view is an orthographic projection centered on 57 …

Methane present in the early Martian atmosphere, together with carbon dioxide and hydrogen may have created a greenhouse effect on the planet 3.5-4.5 billion years ago, according to a Harvard University-led team of researchers. Mosaic of the Valles Marineris hemisphere of Mars projected into point perspective, a view similar to …

Attempts to investigate the origin of giant wedge-shaped sedimentary structures on Saturn’s moon Titan using analogues in Death Valley, California has thrown up new questions about the surface processes and intense rainfall that might have formed them. A vast alluvial fan in the XinJiang province of China. The right side …