Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 16, 2016 Report Share Posted November 16, 2016 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/pluto-underground-ocean_us_582cccd5e4b058ce7aa8faa5 Salt Content ~Dead Sea Level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makο Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Assuming it's kept liquid by a butt ton of salt. Pretty cool. Maybe it's got some crazy-ass microbes in there. Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Assuming it's kept liquid by a butt ton of salt. Pretty cool. Maybe it's got some crazy-ass microbes in there. Who knows?I guess? I mean stuff lives in the deadsea on Earth, so I don't see why something cant live on Pluto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted November 22, 2016 Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 I guess? I mean stuff lives in the deadsea on Earth, so I don't see why something cant live on Plutoisn't the temp on pluto always below zero though? is it even possible for life to start in such an environment? i mean, earth has life in frigid temps, but i'm pretty sure the earths life started out from far warmer areas that pluto is capable of providing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted November 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2016 isn't the temp on pluto always below zero though? is it even possible for life to start in such an environment? i mean, earth has life in frigid temps, but i'm pretty sure the earths life started out from far warmer areas that pluto is capable of providing.Well sorta -400 degrees F is the surface temp, you can't survive on that easily, but the subterranean ocean is much warmer due to pluto's inner geological activity. A higher salt content also makes freezing harder (think them applying salt to ice to melt it in the winter). No doubt it will be cold, but life can survive under those conditions fairly easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted December 12, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Bump, some new stuff http://www.express.co.uk/news/science/740939/Alien-life-found-on-Plutohttp://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/research-hints-sea-ammonia-under-plutos-icy-surfacehttps://mic.com/articles/161326/could-there-be-life-on-pluto-scientists-are-now-thinking-it-s-possible Surface Image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delibirb Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 Moreover, there may very well be forms of life that do not currently exist on earth, simply because life here evolved terrestrially. Other conditions may breed ways of that life could survive that the life forms present here could not repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(GigaDrillBreaker) Posted December 12, 2016 Report Share Posted December 12, 2016 It is important to note that this is in absolutely no way evidence of life. The first linked article makes it quite clear. Pluto still isn't a prime candidate, even among this solar system. IF>pluto's internal radiation is sufficient to provide enough energy input to sustain life>there is indeed a sea of liquid ammonia>ammonia-based life is even possible IF all three of those are true, none of which are confirmed, then, maybe, just maybe, there is an extremely small chance that there could be potential for perhaps some life there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted December 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v540/n7631/full/nature20148.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryusei the Morning Star Posted February 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2017 Bump and call out to my favorite plant We've come a long way old friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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