Discovery of ‘Snow Algae’ on Ice Spires in Chile Suggests Possibility of Alien Life on Pluto The discovery of ‘snow algae’ in ice spiresย 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 worldโs second-highest volcano. It is one of the harshest environments on Earth, home to extreme winds,ย temperature fluctuations and high ultraviolet radiation exposure, writes the Independent. Laraย Vimercati, the […] Brains SnowBrains | July 11, 2019 0 Comments
Brain Post: Pluto… Why Itโs No Longer a Planet {Everyday, SnowBrains.com isย gonna publish one โBrainโ post per day.ย ย 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. ย Most peope remember it as the 9th planet. ย Since, 2006, Pluto has been kicked out of the โPlanetโ category and is now considered a โDwarf Planetโ […] Brains Miles Clark | August 25, 2017 34 Comments
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.ย Humans may not see photos this close-up of Pluto again for decades. ย โThese new images give us a breathtaking, super-high resolution window into Plutoโs geology.” – New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. […] Brains The Brains | December 5, 2015 0 Comments
NASA: “Pluto Has Big Mountains Made of Ice” 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 […] Brains SnowBrains | July 17, 2015 0 Comments