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How Did Pluto Get Its Heart? Scientists Suggest an Answer


The most recognizable feature on Pluto is its "heart," a relatively bright valentine-shaped area known as Tombaugh Regio. How that heart got started is one of the dwarf planet's deepest mysteries — but now researchers say they've come up with the most likely scenario, involving a primordial collision with a planetary body that was a little more than 400 miles wide.

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