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A tiny, ice-encrusted ocean world orbiting Saturn is now a hotter than ever candidate for potential life, as NASA says it has almost all conditions to harbor life.
Scientists announced on Thursday that NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected the presence of molecular hydrogen in water plumes erupting from Saturn's moon, Enceladus.
The hydrogen was detected during Cassini's deep dive close to the surface of the moon in October 2015. The spacecraft determined that the plumes are 98 percent water and one percent hydrogen, with traces of ammonia, carbon dioxide, and methane.
