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Scientists sending spacecraft to search for aliens on Saturn’s moon
ESA's Voyage2050 mission concept targets Enceladus' south pole to sample water jets and surface, advancing Europe's planetary science and technology capabilities.
- As part of ESA's Voyage2050 planning, the European Space Agency announced a mission to Enceladus to search for signs of life, planning fly-throughs of jets and landing on the south polar terrain to collect samples.
- Because it has liquid water and energy, Enceladus became a prime target; scientists say it `checks all the boxes` with essential chemical elements and a subsurface global ocean.
- ESA framed the project as a boost to European scientific and technological competences, requiring advances in in-orbit assembly and novel scientific instrumentation by mission engineering teams.
- With resources expected in the 2040s, ESA said decisions at a Council at Ministerial level will be crucial for Europe's leadership in planetary science.
- Jets of water burst from cracks near Enceladus' south pole, with artist's impressions showing thermal plumes and jets that scientists studying habitability say offer enormous scientific potential.
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It's official. The European Space Agency has just given its green light to one of the most daring missions ever imagined: touching the water of an alien ocean. The target? Encelade, this small ice moon of Saturn that could well shelter the first traces of life discovered beyond the Earth. After years of waiting, the [...]
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- 42% of the sources are Center, 42% of the sources lean Right
42% Right
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C 42%
R 42%
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