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title: What Are These “Space Snails” on Pluto? — HIGH T3CH
url: https://hight3ch.com/what-are-these-space-snails-on-pluto/
date: 2016-09-10
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# What Are These “Space Snails” on Pluto?

NASA’s New Horizons captured a strange sight on the surface of Pluto: Figures that looked like snails and apparent trails behind them. Since life is unlikely to exist in such a hostile environment, what exactly is going on in this intriguing photo?