FREEZING NEWS: Winter is coming to Pluto say scientists; planet's atmosphere to disappear by 2030

Continuing love-hate relationship with former member of our solar system - Pluto, scientists have w discovered that Pluto may soon freeze over.

Pluto, which was downgraded from its 'planet status' by International Astromical Union (IAU) in 2006, has an atmosphere containing layers of gases like nitrogen (N2), with mir amounts of methane (CH4) and carbon moxide (CO), all of which are vaporized from ir ice-from existing on Pluto’s surface.

New studies suggest that Pluto’s atmosphere may completely collapse and freeze by 2030 due to winter -which is a decade away for Pluto as it takes 248 Earth years for orbiting body to complete one revolution around Sun. Scientists are w suggesting that in 2030, when winter will be coming to Pluto, nitrogen-heavy atmosphere could collapse entirely and fall, turning into a layer of solid frost. 

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As Pluto is farst from Sun and has longest orbit, it's surface temperature is between minus 378 and minus 396 degrees Fahrenheit. This has made scientists to model seasons on Pluto and how those react to amount of sunlight it receives during different parts of its orbit, coming to this conclusion that: 'Winter is Coming.'

Andrew Cole, an associate professor at University of Tasmania’s School of Natural Sciences, has said, “ atmospheric pressure on Pluto has tripled over past three decades, but as planet orbits, our modeling showed that most of atmosphere would condense out to almost thing left. What are predictions show is that by 2030 atmosphere is going to frost out and vanish around whole planet,” as quoted by a tech-news website.

He added bluntly that even if we lose Pluto, we might gain a star.

"If Pluto’s atmosphere collapses and freezes over, dwarf planet may appear brighter in our sky because it will reflect more sunlight,” he said.

Twitterati have been mourning impending freezing of Pluto: