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Discovery of ‘Snow Algae’ on Ice Spires in Chile Suggests Possibility of Alien Life on Pluto

Chile, andes, volcano, life, Pluto, ice spires

The discovery of ‘snow algae’ in ice spires in the high remote Andes Mountains points to the possibility that alien life could thrive on Pluto. Microbes have been found in Chile near Llullaillaco, the world’s second-highest volcano. It is one of the harshest environments on Earth, home to extreme winds, temperature fluctuations and high ultraviolet radiation exposure, writes the Independent. Lara Vimercati, the […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 11, 2019
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Brain Post: Pluto… Why It’s No Longer a Planet

{Everyday, SnowBrains.com is gonna publish one “Brain” post per day.  Something that we think will interest you, challenge you, and be something you can use in a dinnertime conversation that day.} Pluto has fallen from grace.  Most peope remember it as the 9th planet.  Since, 2006, Pluto has been kicked out of the “Planet” category and is now considered a “Dwarf Planet” […]

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Miles Clark | August 25, 2017
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New Hi-Res NASA Photos & Video of the Mountains of Pluto are Stunning

NASA’s piano-sized New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the sharpest ever views of Pluto’s mountains obtained on it’s July flyby.  Humans may not see photos this close-up of Pluto again for decades.  “These new images give us a breathtaking, super-high resolution window into Pluto’s geology.” – New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. […]

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The Brains | December 5, 2015
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NASA: “Pluto Has Big Mountains Made of Ice”

The Ice Mountains of Pluto via New Horizons spacecraft

Unless you’ve been under a rock recently, you know that NASA sent its New Horizons spacecraft 3.6 Billion miles to Pluto and it flew past the former planet two days ago. It flew within 7,700 miles of Pluto’s surface while flying 28,000 mph and took some killer photos. Our first ever high resolution photos of Pluto. The first thing scientists noticed about Pluto is that it has big mountains. “They would stand up respectably against the […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | July 17, 2015
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