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Although tiny, Enceladus is one of the most likely places in the solar system to host life.
The teams findings werepublishedThursday in Nature Astronomy.
A view of the geyser basin at the south pole of Enceladus taken by.Cassini’s narrow-angle camera.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
The new study also suggests that Enceladus ocean could act as a source of chemical energy.
Cassini also flew through the moons plumes anddetected organic compounds, including amino acidsandphosphorus.
On Earth, that process was a crucial to the formation of life on Earth.
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