The concept of a biosignature is widely used in astrobiology to suggest a link between some
observation and a biological cause, given some context. The term itself has been defined …

Although we have a reasonable understanding of the physical and chemical conditions
required to support the growth and reproduction of organisms, we still have only a …

Enceladus is a prime target in the search for life in our Solar System, having an active plume
that is likely to be connected to a large liquid water sub-surface ocean. Using the sensitive …

Icy moons like Enceladus, and perhaps Europa, emit material sourced from their subsurface
oceans into space via plumes of ice grains and gas. Both moons are prime targets for …

The plume of Enceladus is unique in the solar system in providing direct access to fresh
material from an extraterrestrial subsurface ocean. The Cassini Mission, though not …

Enceladus harbors an ocean beneath its ice crust that erupts spectacular plumes from
fissures at the south pole. The plume composition was measured by the Cassini spacecraft …

Abstract The Aurora hydrothermal system, Arctic Ocean, hosts active submarine venting
within an extensive field of relict mineral deposits. Here we show the site is associated with a …

Cassini revealed that Saturn's Moon Enceladus hosts a subsurface ocean that meets the
accepted criteria for habitability with bio-essential elements and compounds, liquid water …

For the past fifty years of space exploration, mass spectrometry has provided unique
chemical and physical insights on the characteristics of other planetary bodies in the Solar …

The field of prebiotic chemistry has demonstrated that complex organic chemical systems
that exhibit various life-like properties can be produced abiotically in the laboratory …