SCIENCE

Saturn's moon Enceladus may support life

By Sanjana Shankar

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Enceladus

Saturn's moon Enceladus has proven to be one of the most promising candidates in the search for life beyond our own planet.

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Finding

For the first time, phosphorus—which is one of the six crucial ingredients essential to life—has been detected in Enceladus's ocean.

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Previous research

Before this, certain key ingredients essential to life have been found in Enceladus's ocean including carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur, and oxygen.

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Habitability

With the latest finding of phosphorous, Enceladus now contains all the life-supporting elements, serving as further evidence that the moon may be habitable.

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Study

The study estimates that the concentration of phosphorus on Enceladus is at least 500 times greater than the highest known concentrations in Earth's oceans.

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