A lander mission to probe subglacial water on Saturn׳s moon Enceladus for life

2014/10/08 by Konstantinos Konstantinidis, Claudio L. Flores Martinez, Bernd Dachwald +8 · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrobiology #Astronomy #Earth science #Enceladus #Extraterrestrial life #Geology #Icy moon #Meteorology #Physics #Planet #Planetary Science and Exploration #Plume #Saturn #Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life

paper · doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2014.09.012

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• Enceladus [wikipedia]