Enceladus: Decoding Life's Potential in Saturn's Icy Moon (www.arktrek.shop)
from Dragxito@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 15:57
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CosmicCleric@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 17:12 next collapse

I’m guessing that the assumption is that the water protects any life from the radiation from Saturn?

Or is the moon far enough away that that’s not an issue that needs to be protected from?

Dragxito@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 17:32 collapse

Both are valid, the sun can’t be too far away life needs light

TimeSquirrel@kbin.social on 21 Apr 2024 17:55 next collapse

life needs light

Sea floor extremophiles: exist

Enceladus' core likely interacts with the ocean through hydrothermal vents, similar to structures found on Earth's ocean floor. These vents are believed to have played a role in the origin of life on our planet.

There are lifeforms on Earth that still live off these vents.

catloaf@lemm.ee on 21 Apr 2024 19:46 collapse

Right, life needs energy. On earth, that’s most often from sunlight, but there are magma vent extremophiles using heat, and there are fungi that use nuclear radiation.

MonkderDritte@feddit.de on 21 Apr 2024 19:07 collapse

Both are valid, the sun can’t be too far away life needs light a energy source.

Which Enceladus – as moon of a gas giant – has plenty, as tidal forces.

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works on 21 Apr 2024 17:41 next collapse

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Dragxito@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 18:02 collapse

Idk were you got that from

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works on 21 Apr 2024 20:15 collapse

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That kind of crap is a common drive-by malware vector.

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works on 22 Apr 2024 00:04 collapse

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General_Shenanigans@lemmy.world on 22 Apr 2024 01:36 collapse

Is this blog yours?