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Detecting life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus would require 100 flybys through its geyser plumes

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Detecting life on Enceladus could be achieved without even landing on the moon, but D it wouldn’t be easy. A team of researchers has found that it would require more than 100 flybys through a geyser plume from Enceladus with an orbiting spacecraft to capture signs of a cell – acrucial indicator to confirm the presence of life. This finding could help in designing

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