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Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon (www.arktrek.shop)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

life needs light

Sea floor extremophiles: exist

Enceladus' core likely interacts with the ocean through hydrothermal vents, similar to structures found on Earth's ocean floor. These vents are believed to have played a role in the origin of life on our planet.

There are lifeforms on Earth that still live off these vents.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Right, life needs energy. On earth, that's most often from sunlight, but there are magma vent extremophiles using heat, and there are fungi that use nuclear radiation.