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Is Pluto a Ball of Comets?

May 24, 2018 Lisa Mungovan

Researchers have a new theory on how Pluto was formed. They believe the dwarf planet might be made of comets! Pluto’s atmosphere is 98% nitrogen, and they think the only way to account for such high levels would be for a billion comets to have gradually stuck together, becoming the giant comet Pluto!

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