Sentences with phrase «harbor microbial life»

The photos include close - ups of the gaseous giant, its famous rings, and its enigmatic moons — including Titan, which has its own atmosphere, and icy Enceladus, which has a subsurface ocean that could conceivably harbor microbial life.

But while the surface of this planet remains completely inhospitable, Venus» atmosphere may be capable of harboring microbial life, according to new research.

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Gale crater is also thought to harbor clues of ancient water activity on the Martian surface, and one of Curiosity's primary tasks will be to root around for evidence that Mars is, or was, capable of supporting microbial life.

The underground ocean of Saturn's moon Enceladus harbors an abundance of molecular hydrogen, which could be an important source of food if microbial life exists there.

It holds water, nutritients, harbors soil microbial life.