MunichA vent microbe outperformed expectations in a simulated Enceladus ocean.
Two Science Advances studies say Saturn’s moon may host life a passing probe could detect.
Ocean droplets freeze slowly in space, sorting organic molecules into separate grains and concentrating any biosignatures for an instrument to catch.
Cassini sampled the plumes between 2006 and 2017 but was not equipped to detect biosignatures.
How each outlet framed it
- 404 Media
- editorializes for actual mission funding rather than theoretical research
Sources: 404 Media