Wow! Ocean On Saturn's Moon Enceladus May Have Potential Energy Source to Support Life

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Published on May 7, 2015
Saturn's icy moon Enceladus is looking better and better as a potential abode for alien life.

Chemical reactions that free up energy that could potentially support a biosphere have occurred — and perhaps still are occurring — deep within Enceladus' salty subsurface ocean, a new study suggests.