Phosphates on Enceladus could mean sub-surface oceans teeming with aliens
Scientists analyzing data from the Cassini space probe have discovered that the sub-surface oceans of Saturn's moon Enceladus contain phosphates, a chemical necessary for the presence of life.
Launched in 1997, Cassini was designed to examine the systems of Saturn and Jupiter. The spacecraft – a joint project between NASA, ESA and the Italian Space Agency – made several passes of Enceladus between 2005 and 2015, as well as lurking in the planet's ring system. After publishing a limited analysis of the data in 2017, the team got funding from the European Research Council to analyze a much larger dataset.
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