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LIFE BENEATH
ENCELADUS’ ICE?
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ALIEN MICROBES COULD, IN THEORY, feast
beneath the icy surface of Saturn’s moon
Enceladus. In April, astronomers reported that
the Cassini spacecraft had discovered a chemical
brew erupting from Enceladus’ oceans — the same
kind that bacteria eat at Earth’s hydrothermal vents.
Discover talked with Hunter Waite, Cassini researcher
and NASA’s program director of space science and
engineering, to take us there. ERIC BETZ
Hunter Waite
Program Director of Space
Science and Engineering
NASA
Q&A