As all know, NASA is an agency of the United State government that is responsible for civilian space program, particularly in aeronautics and aerospace research. They have been tasked to study life forms, objects in outer space and the likes that will be useful for the humankind.
Throughout the years, NASA was able to study, classify and discover these things that are giving us valuable information on the dark world. They have also been successful on space programs they created such as Project Apollo, Skylab and the Space Shuttle program. And just recently, another discovery was done by NASA on dwarf planet Pluto, a new finding in recent years.
According to Mirror UK, NASA scientist believes that Pluto is hiding a huge underground ocean and liquid water might just creeping under its icy shell. The report also says that the study was published in Geophysical Research Letters journal suggesting that a probability of 100 kilometers of liquid water is hiding beneath Pluto's surface.
Earlier reports also indicate that since New Horizons spacecraft was launch in 2006 and it passes by the dwarf planet, many first discoveries was done on Pluto. First, it was believed that Pluto had three moons Charon, Nix, and Hydra but eventually when the spacecraft pass by Pluto last year two more moons was discovered, Kerberos and Styx.
On a separate report by Daily Mail, scientist discovered that the ocean could be 62 miles (100 km) deep. They also found out that it is likely to be as salty as the Dead Sea. Professor Brandon Johnson, a geologist at Brown University, said that the basin is an impact crater, which is a hole in the ground, made when an asteroid hit Pluto.
The report also says that the impact creates a dent on Pluto's surface that was followed by a rebound pulling material from deep and the layer of liquid water appears. It is still not proven the salt content of it but according to Professor Johnson, they still look into data that will send by New Horizon to better understand Pluto's newfound possible ocean.
