UM-Bot Posted May 11, 2015 #1 Share Posted May 11, 2015 The subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon is very similar to life-bearing salt lakes on our own planet. The recent discovery of a liquid ocean beneath the icy crust of Enceladus has opened up the door to the possibility of finding extraterrestrial microbial life there and now scientists believe that this freezing moon may even be home to water that is not dissimilar to that found in some of the lakes on Earth. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/281360/enceladus-ocean-is-similar-to-lakes-on-earth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted May 11, 2015 #2 Share Posted May 11, 2015 It's a pity that the ocean may be so saline, in some of Earth's saline environments only a few species of bacteria exist, though in vast numbers. But who knows what may await, it's very cool to think we may yet find alien life? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherguy Posted May 11, 2015 #3 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Proto-cell, single cell prokaryote, eukaryote... of course, that's assuming it's DNA based, and that DNA (or RNA, I guess) is based around the same nucleotides we know and love. While GFAJ-1 turned out to be a bust, is it actually impossible? Next stop, Enceladus! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeastieRunner Posted May 11, 2015 #4 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Proto-cell, single cell prokaryote, eukaryote... of course, that's assuming it's DNA based, and that DNA (or RNA, I guess) is based around the same nucleotides we know and love. While GFAJ-1 turned out to be a bust, is it actually impossible? Next stop, Enceladus! There's also Europa! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+DieChecker Posted May 12, 2015 #5 Share Posted May 12, 2015 My opinion is that if we do NOT find life on the various icy moons/asteroids, then we plant our own Earth based life there, in the form of extremeophile organisms. In the off chance we kill ourselves off, then at least life will still be out there in other places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kartikg Posted May 12, 2015 #6 Share Posted May 12, 2015 There might be life there, is a bait to keep general public interested and to justify the spending. I totally support space missions and discovering life will be a big big bonus but in general majority of people might not do so. I think the scientists do know well that finding life there is almost null... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithisco Posted May 12, 2015 #7 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I hope the geysers on Enceladus are the result of thermal stresses and not simple mechanical stresses. Does anybody know if these geysers have a thermal signature and what temperature we might be looking at? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalmoxis Posted May 12, 2015 #8 Share Posted May 12, 2015 All I can think when I see that photo is "massive snow-cone". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TripGun Posted May 13, 2015 #9 Share Posted May 13, 2015 All of these worlds are yours except Europa attempt no landing there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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