Not only did they find ice on Pluto, but in some places it actually appears red?  Here is what astronomers had to say about this unusual phenomenon:

A curious aspect of the discovery is that the regions showing strong water ice spectral signatures correspond to regions that are bright red in the enhanced-color images of the dwarf planet.

“I’m surprised that this water ice is so red. We don’t yet understand the relationship between water ice and the reddish tholin colorants on Pluto’s surface,” said team member Dr Silvia Protopapa of the University of Maryland.

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