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Scientists recreate Enceladus's ocean chemistry in the lab
Original: Scientists recreate Enceladus’s ocean and watch Earth microbes thrive
Researchers have built a laboratory replica of the ocean of Enceladus, Saturn's icy moon, and found that Earth microbes can survive in it. The experiment suggests conditions beneath the moon's frozen shell may be more hospitable to life than assumed, boosting interest in future missions to sample the plumes of water escaping into space.
Why now: The finding fuels speculation that Enceladus could host alien life, a topic of ongoing fascination in space science.
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