Mars isn’t our only neighbor that data-i13n=”cpos:1;pos:1″ href=”https://www.engadget.com/nasas-perseverance-rover-found-a-rock-on-mars-that-could-indicate-ancient-life-150006064.html” data-ylk=”slk:may harbor life;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>may harbor life. The odds have risen that Saturn’s moon Enceladus may, too. On Wednesday, scientists published a data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02655-y” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:paper;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>paper outlining the increasing complexity of molecules emitted from beneath the moon’s surface. “We now have all elements required for Enceladus to harbour life,” the ESA’s Dr Jörn Helbert data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/01/prospect-life-saturn-moons-rises-discovery-organic-substances” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:told;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>told The Guardian.
Enceladus gives researchers a unique window into its subsurface world. The Cassini mission already taught us that plumes of water ice data-i13n=”cpos:4;pos:1″ href=”https://www.engadget.com/2017-04-13-saturn-and-jupiter-s-moon-burps-bode-well-for-distant-life.html” data-ylk=”slk:shoot 6,000 miles into space;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas” class=”link “>shoot 6,000 miles…
