Kenneth SilberSocial Links Navigation Latest articles by Kenneth Silber Frozen Ethane Found on Pluto By Kenneth Silber published 21 July 99 Astronomers using the Japanese Subaru Telescope on Hawaii have detected frozen ethane on the surface of Pluto. Pluto Get the Space.com NewsletterBreaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more!Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors MORE FROM SPACE...1Auction offers Neil Armstrong's reply to NASA engineer's Apollo 11 mission patch ideas2World's fastest supercomputer 'El Capitan' goes online — it will be used to secure the US nuclear stockpile and in other classified research3NASA and General Atomics test nuclear fuel for future moon and Mars missions4Space weather scales are outdated and confusing. Here's what NOAA scientists are doing about it5See Mars next to a nearly full moon in the sky tonight
Frozen Ethane Found on Pluto By Kenneth Silber published 21 July 99 Astronomers using the Japanese Subaru Telescope on Hawaii have detected frozen ethane on the surface of Pluto.