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The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus

The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus

Update: 2025-12-12
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Join host Beth Johnson for a fascinating episode of SETI Live, featuring planetary scientists Dr Georgina Miles and Dr Carly Howett from the University of Oxford. We'll be unpacking their groundbreaking study showing that Enceladus — one of Saturn's icy moons — may harbor a stable subsurface ocean capable of supporting life. 📄 For more info: The study "Endogenic heat at Enceladus' north pole" has just been published in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx4338  Official press release from the University of Oxford: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11-10-saturn-s-icy-moon-may-host-stable-ocean-fit-life-new-study-finds (Recorded live 20 November 2025.)

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The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus

The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus

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