[alexander_busek]

It also suggests that the cryovolcanoes were a way for Pluto to periodically rejuvenate surface supplies of these volatile ices, which sublimate into the thin atmosphere and are...

Reporter is a moron, or the scientists are. INTENTIONALITY on the planet Pluto???

My, you are a stickler! No, I don't believe that either the scientists or the reporter were morons, or wished to imply intentionality.

The alternative would have been wordier, and not necessarily more-understandable to typical readers:

It also suggests that the cryovolcanoes were a way possible explanation for Pluto's periodic rejuvenation of its to periodically rejuvenate surface supplies of these volatile ices, which sublimate into the thin atmosphere and are...

Regards,

[Arthur McGowan]

FAR wordier.

How about “The volcanoes may be the source of blah blah blah on the surface of the planet.”

Sorry, but phraseology that suggests intentionality on a dead planet is just plain incompetent, and stupid.