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The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus
Season 3 ยท Episode 48

The Moon that Could Support Life: What Cassini Discovered Beneath the Ice of Enceladus

SETI Live

December 12, 202539m 9s

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Show Notes

Join host Beth Johnson for a fascinating episode of SETI Live, featuring planetary scientists Dr Georgina Miles and Dr Carly Howett from the University of Oxford. We'll be unpacking their groundbreaking study showing that Enceladus โ€” one of Saturn's icy moons โ€” may harbor a stable subsurface ocean capable of supporting life. ๐Ÿ“„ For more info: The study "Endogenic heat at Enceladus' north pole" has just been published in Science Advances: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adx4338 Official press release from the University of Oxford: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-11-10-saturn-s-icy-moon-may-host-stable-ocean-fit-life-new-study-finds (Recorded live 20 November 2025.)