Pluto’s Craterless Plains Look Young

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Earlier this year, New Horizons flew past dwarf planet Pluto and its sister Charon, rapidly capturing data. That information continues to trickle in, revealing a surprisingly smooth heart-shaped plain called “Tombaugh Regio.” The countless craters expected from billions of years’ worth of impacts are nowhere to be found.

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