
Enceladus’s Hydrothermal Vents Could Revolutionize the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Evidence mounts that Saturn's icy moon harbors active hydrothermal vents, making it one of the hottest places to look for life beyond Earth
Thorsten Dambeck is a German physicist and science writer who focuses on astronomy and planetary science. He first glimpsed Enceladus through a telescope as a youngster in the early 1980s, when Saturn's rings were edge-on, and the tiny moon appeared as a faint white dot. Credit: Nick Higgins
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