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Does anyone know why it looks like Pluto has an atmosphere in this picture?

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[โ€“] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Oh wow that's really cool! I didn't know.

It's about one millionth of the pressure of earth's atmosphere at sea level.