<p>New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells. But a layer of ice prohibits space probes from sampling them directly. Exploring these icy moons is almost forensic: Their surfaces keep a<a class="more-link" href="https://www.astronomy.com/science/scientists-used-a-method-from-ecology-to-identify-whether-icy-moons-could-hold-conditions-for-life/">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">"Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life"</span></a></p>
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New observatories and spacecraft missions are probing environments in our solar system that could potentially host life but have long remained hidden. Icy moons like Saturn’s Enceladus and Jupiter’s Europa likely contain oceans beneath frozen outer shells. But a layer of ice prohibits space probes from sampling them directly. Exploring these icy moons is almost forensic: Their surfaces keep aContinue reading “Scientists used a method from ecology to identify whether icy moons could hold conditions for life”
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