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Could there really be life on Enceladus?
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Enceladus’ ocean is far more active than we thought. New images from the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the largest plume ever seen erupting from the tiny moon’s frozen surface. Deep diving into Cassini data, scientists have uncovered the chemistry hiding in the depths of the subsurface ocean… and it’s more complex and shocking than anyone imagined. Is this small moon the most likely home for life beyond Earth?



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0:00 Enceladus
2:57 First Images of Enceladus
4:44 Signs of Life
7:12 Water Ocean
9:24 Hydrothermal Vents
10:56 Life Molecules
15:18 What JWST Saw
17:30 Future Missions



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References:
“Enceladus: Cassini Science”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/enceladus
“Enceladus Final Flybys”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/enc_flyby
“Enceladus Rains Water Onto Saturn”, via esa.int https://astrumspace.info/herschel_enc
“Cassini Spacecraft to Dive Into Water Plume of Saturn Moon”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/enc_plume
“Enceladus Keeps the Home Fires Burning (Heat Map)”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/enc_heat
“Cassini Confirms a Global Ocean on Saturn’s Moon Enceladus”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/enc_ocean
“Powering Prolonged Hydrothermal Activity Inside Enceladus”, via nature.com https://astrumspace.info/enc_hydro
“Complex Organics Bubble From the Depths of Enceladus”, via esa.int https://astrumspace.info/enc_org
“Cassini at Saturn: A Retrospective”, via scientificamerican.com https://astrumspace.info/cassini_enc
“Enceladus Torus and Plume”, via nasa.gov https://astrumspace.info/enc_torus



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Credits:
Writer: Chris Bartlett
Video Editor: Barnaby Egan
Researcher: Shourya Shrivastava
Script Editor: Damaris McColgan
Thumbnail Designer: Peter Sheppard
Publishing Lead: Georgina Brenner
Production Manager: Raquel Taylor
Edit Producer: Poppy Pinnock
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Creator of Astrum: Alex McColgan



With special thanks to:
NASA/ESO/ESA



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