NEW YORK: Alien life on Pluto is not a far-fetched possibility, according to Professor Brian Cox.
In an interview with The Times, Cox explained how recent images captured by the New Horizons probe could act as evidence for life on the dwarf planet.
“The probe ‘showed you that there may well be a subsurface ocean on Pluto,” he told The Times.
“[This] means – if our understanding of life on Earth is even slightly correct – that you could have living things there.”
In June, NASA released a series of stunning images showing Pluto’s icy mountain ranges as high as the Rockies.
Cox believes that underneath the mountains, is an ocean warm enough to host organic chemistry that could hold the beginnings of life.
He later clarified on Twitter, “to be precise, liquid water is necessary but not sufficient for life, and there might be subsurface liquid water on Pluto,” the Daily Mail reports.
However, during his interview, he did warn against getting over excited about the possibility of finding alien life.
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