They are also thought to have helped aerate ancient seas,
boosting life in the oceans some 750 million years ago.
Not exact matches
Hosting an
ocean in contact with rocks
boosts the chances that Enceladus hosts
life, because the rocks could leach elements like potassium, sulphur and phosphorus, vital for
life, into the water.
The chemical fingerprints of a long - vanished
ocean on Mars may have been found
in data from the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft,
boosting hopes that the planet could once have supported
life.
If the shell is thin, it could mean the moon's
ocean receives sunlight and radiation from cracks
in the surface,
boosting the energy available for
life and the chances that future missions could be sent to explore the
ocean, potentially with a robotic submarine.