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[News] Icy Moons of Saturn and Jupiter May Have Conditions Needed for Life


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Icy Moons of Saturn and Jupiter May Have Conditions Needed for Life

ScienceDaily (Dec. 16, 2009) — Scientists once thought that life could originate only within a solar system's "habitable zone," where a planet would be neither too hot nor too cold for liquid water to exist on its surface. But according to planetary scientist Francis Nimmo, evidence from recent NASA missions suggests that conditions necessary for life may exist on the icy satellites of Saturn and Jupiter.

 

Icy moons of Saturn and Jupiter may have conditions needed for life

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