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Astronomy Cast Episode 408, Universe Cannibalism.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts based journey through the cosmos.

We help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of Universe Today and with me is Dr. Pamela Gay, a professor at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, and the Director of Cosmic West.

Hey, how are you doing?

I'm doing well, how are you doing Fraser?

Doing really well.

So you made it back safely from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference?

I did, I sadly had to leave all the awesome new science about Pluto and Mars and series and everything behind, but now I'm home to work on awesome science, I hope.

What was the, you know, 30 seconds? What was the biggest coolest thing that was announced there?

There are five kilometer high water mountains floating on a frozen nitrogen ocean on Pluto and no one knows why.

Wow, okay.

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