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Pluto's strange atmosphere is collapsing. After astronomers witnessed the puny world's atmosphere grow from 1988 to 2016, its pressure has dropped more than 20% since. Though some drop was expected as Pluto recedes from the Sun, the precipitous fall was much larger than predicted.


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