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Salt Crystals May Reveal Signs of Life Beneath Enceladus’s Ice

Salt Crystals May Reveal Signs of Life Beneath Enceladus’s Ice

Researchers say salt crystals in the icy plumes of Saturn’s moon Enceladus could preserve chemical clues to potential life in its subsurface ocean. The south polar jets vent water vapor and particles, offering a way to sample the hidden sea without drilling through kilometers of ice.

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Salt crystals could hold clues to life beneath Enceladus's ice

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