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Saturn's Moon Has All the Elements Needed for Life to Exist, Scientists Say

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Scientists this week announced that all the organic molecules needed for life are hidden beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is home to hundreds of moons, including Enceladus, a mere 500 kilometers wide and covered in ice. Scientists have long believed that the moon is too far from the sun to be warm enough to support life. But the Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn from 2004 to 2017, ha…
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Scientists have discovered that the molecular elements needed for life are "hard" on Enceladus, Saturn's frozen natural satellite, after three weeks of discovering the "clearest sign of life" on Mars.

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There are provisional evidence of planets that suggest that an interesting comet may not seem to be, the possibility of life outside our solar system has long been intruding scientists and the public. But experts say it is more likely that we will find extraterrestrials if we look in our own quantal. The perspective was revitalised on Thursday, when scientists announced that it increased the likelihood that Saturn's sixth largest moon could be h…

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Observations from the Cassini spacecraft, which have been recently analyzed, have shown that the small planet emits a kind of "plume" of carbon-based materials, along with water grains, ice, and steam. From this, scientists have concluded that all the materials necessary for life to exist are there, and all that remains is to get there and check. The visit is planned for 2042

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Scientists this week announced that all the organic molecules needed for life are hidden beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is home to hundreds of moons, including Enceladus, a mere 500 kilometers wide and covered in ice. Scientists have long believed that the moon is too far from the sun to be warm enough to support life. But the Cassini spacecraft, which studied Saturn from 2004 to 2017, ha…

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