Complex organics on Enceladus: A clue to possible life?

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of Cassini flying through the water vapor plumes of Enceladus. A new study from researchers in Germany has found complex organic molecules in the plumes, based on continued analysis of Cassini’s data. Could the complex organics on Enceladus be a sign of life? Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ Space Science Institute.

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• Saturn’s moon Enceladus has an ocean under its icy surface.