New research posits that high levels of phosphorus in the oceans could increase the chances of life on Enceladus, Saturn's moon.
. Instead, alien life can be as simple as small organisms discovered living on a planet. Even finding the chance of that kind of life on Enceladus would be huge for scientists., a scientist working with the Southwest Research Institute, says that Enceladus is one of the primary targets for humanity’s search for life in the solar system. And if researchers can prove the hypothesis about phosphorus levels in the oceans, it would increase the chances of us finding life on Enceladus.
To prove that hypothesis, though, and prove that the chances of life on Enceladus are as high as we suspect, we’re going to need to explore it more. That’s why the researchers are hopeful a future space probe mission, like theBut, with NASA’s attention currently so heavily focused on the launch of Artemis I and getting humans to Mars, it’s unclear when a mission of that sort might actually happen.