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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 10 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 10 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.