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A new model of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus may quell hopes of finding life there. Developed by researchers at the University of Illinois, the model explains the most salient observations on Enceladus without requiring the presence of liquid water.
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Science Objectives For A Mission Concept To Enceladus: The Astrobiology
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It Appears That Enceladus is Even More Habitable Than we Thought
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Missing element for life may be present in ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus
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Plunging Through the Plumes of Enceladus
https://aasnova.org/2023/02/06/plunging … enceladus/
At barely 300 miles across, tiny Enceladus is not the most dominating exploration target in the outer solar system. What it lacks in size, though, it makes up for with panache. Enceladus simply cannot contain itself, and it makes its presence known by spewing forth plumes of ice and gas from an immense reservoir of liquid water trapped beneath the surface ice. This dramatic performance was intriguing enough to convince the Cassini mission to take a closer look, and what it found convinced planetary scientists that Enceladus was more than just a showboat: it’s a complex system that just might offer habitable conditions at the bottom of its ocean.
Some of Cassini’s most exciting finds were specific particles and molecules in the plumes that are usually associated with hydrothermal vents here on Earth, where strange life forms survive just fine even without sunlight. However, Cassini was limited both by the technology of its time and by its design: since its engineers didn’t know the plumes existed before it launched, it carried no instruments designed specifically to investigate them.
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