Alien Life Can Survive on This Tiny Moon—We Just Need to Go Find It

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Summary:
- The article discusses the potential for habitability on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, highlighting its subsurface liquid water ocean and the presence of organic compounds detected by the Cassini mission.
- It explores the scientific consensus regarding the necessity of a future "life-detection" mission, such as an orbiter or lander, to sample the plumes ejected from the moon's south pole to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial biological signatures.

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