Enceladus could be hospitable to life

[Cralis]

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2010022 ... e-life.htm

Flybys of Enceladus have indicated that the temperature of the striped fractures is high enough that scientists think the warmer sub-surface temperatures could be high enough to melt the ice. Combined with large amounts of organic compounds discovered previously, liquid water may harbor life.

Although they call it the most accessible watery zone... I thought that was Ganymede and Europa?

[krenshala]

Gah, I mis-read the title of this thread. I was really wonder what the heck you were talking about by stating that Enceladus could be hospital to life, Matt.

[Cralis]

Gah, I mis-read the title of this thread. I was really wonder what the heck you were talking about by stating that Enceladus could be hospital to life, Matt.

LOL

Maybe that is why Titan doesn't have any?

[BillW]

I was really wonder what the heck you were talking about by stating that Enceladus could be hospital to life....

Sure, all the life forms from Saturn's other moons go to Enceladus when they are sick and injured.

[BillW]

Although other moons of Saturn and Jupiter get more press Jupiter's moon Io is another possibility for harboring life.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/j ... 00610.html

[Cralis]

Although other moons of Saturn and Jupiter get more press Jupiter's moon Io is another possibility for harboring life.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/j ... 00610.html

The user comments suggest many reasons why the article seems a little...like a slow news day. Such as Io's crust vertically moves up to 328 feet due to tidal stretching, of course the radiation they mention in the article, plus there is enough volcanic activity to completely resurface Io every 500 years, etc. It doesn't seem like a good candidate at all.

Of course we could just be wrong. Big maybe though.

[BillW]

Although other moons of Saturn and Jupiter get more press Jupiter's moon Io is another possibility for harboring life.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/j ... 00610.html

The user comments suggest many reasons why the article seems a little...like a slow news day. Such as Io's crust vertically moves up to 328 feet due to tidal stretching, of course the radiation they mention in the article, plus there is enough volcanic activity to completely resurface Io every 500 years, etc. It doesn't seem like a good candidate at all.

Of course we could just be wrong. Big maybe though.

I agree Io is a bit of a stretch. The truth is we just don't know until we actually find life somewhere other than earth.