Not exact matches
Two new studies
hint at a richer picture of what's happening on Saturn's extraordinary
icy moon Enceladus.
The earlier evidence for water on the
moon hinted only at small deposits near the poles, probably left there by the impact of
icy meteorites.
The very existence of these hardy organisms
hints that life might be able to eke out an existence in the cold, dry climate of Mars, the
icy, acidic conditions of Jupiter's
moon Europa, or in countless other spots beyond our solar system.
That
hints the
icy moon might not have formed near Saturn but instead farther out, closer to the birthplaces of Uranus and Neptune.
The discovery confirms earlier
hints that life finds a way to survive in such extreme environments, and it boosts the possibility that some form of life could be alive right now on
icy moons across the solar system, such as Jupiter's
moon Europa.