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A surprise arctic vent could help in the search for life

New research shows that far away on Earth, submarine activity is similar to Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus. The finding offers a new possibility that could help scientists prepare for future space missions that will investigate the possibility of life on worlds with subsurface oceans.

An international team of researchers discovered a hydrothermal vent called Aurora in the Arctic in 2014 and revisited it in 2019. Closed about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) under a permanent ice sheet, Aurora is one of the deepest hydrothermal fields on Earth. Earth. So it’s no surprise that researchers have found it to be a natural, pristine laboratory for studying the geology of the area and its ability to host hydrothermal vents over long periods of time – an important aspect for the origin of life in the ice-covered ocean depths. .



https://www.space.com/arctic-hydrothermal-vents-search-extraterrestrial-life/ A surprise arctic vent could help in the search for life

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