SMRTR Science & EngineeringSep 29, 2025Interesting Engineering

Europe plans daring mission to Saturn’s moon to search for life beneath ice

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The European Space Agency announced plans to send a spacecraft to Saturn's moon Enceladus in 2042 to investigate whether microbial life exists in its vast subsurface ocean. Scientists believe the methane detected in Enceladus' massive water ice plumes, which stretch thousands of miles into space, could indicate living organisms since no known lifeless process can explain such high methane levels.

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