Scientists: Methane in Enceladus Geysers Could Come From Alien Life

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3 min readJul 8, 2021

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by Ryan Whitwam

Saturn’s moon Enceladus doesn’t get as much attention as Europa, but it too has an internal liquid water ocean. It may also be more active than Europa with frequent geysers erupting from the surface. Years back, when NASA’s Cassini-Huygens probe explored the Saturnian system, scientists were fascinated to see how much methane was…

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