Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life as more evidence emerges

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Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life as more evidence emerges

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The possibility that Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life has strengthened after researchers determined its ocean is likely 1 billion years old, placing it in the sweet spot. "In the scenario that best matches the real moons, the ocean of Enceladus is about a billion years old," Neveu wrote in an abstract, discussing the research. "That's good news for life: it should have had enough time to arise and there should still be some energy to power it." You can read more about this and view a nice Enceladus image from NASA/JPL here, at:
https://www.foxnews.com/science/saturns ... ladus-life
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Re: Saturn's moon Enceladus could support life as more evidence emerges

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Now I have to figure out if Enceladus is one of the moons that I can see with what I got. I know that I can and have see Titan.
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