I realize if I were to ask you which of Saturn's moons you'd believe would be the most likely candidate to host life, you'd say Titan. Same here. But we'd both be wildly wrong. If I then said "okay, but who would be in second place?", you'd probably offer Calypso. Ditto. Third? Paaliaq, right? And so on, until you finally got to Enceladus, at which point I wouldn't say "yes", I'd just smile, and you'd know that you totally nailed it.
Yup, little ol' Enceladus seems to have an ocean beneath its icy crust with particles emanating in water vapor that could be conducive to the creation of life. Or, as I read it, "WE FOUND ALIENS, SNITCHES!!!!"
Sometimes it's hard to fully comprehend such high-level scientific breakthroughs on a normal, everyday level, as the math is astronomical and the implications even more so. Even if the
Anyways, it's good news. It just means more opportunities for supercool-looking pets. That's not to say I'm getting tired of my giraffedog, but let's just say she's not getting any younger.
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