The Search For Life On Saturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures podcast

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The Search for Life on Saturn’s Intriguing Moon Enceladus

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Dr. Alfonso Davila (NASA Ames Research Center)

Nov. 24, 2025

In 2005, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made a groundbreaking discovery—it found massive plumes of ice and gas erupting from the south pole of Enceladus, a small but geologically-active moon of Saturn. These plumes are now believed to originate from a subsurface ocean of liquid water beneath the moon’s icy crust, with conditions compatible with life, as we know it. The talk focuses on our current understanding of Enceladus' plume and subsurface ocean, and on past and future strategies to search in them for possible evidence of life.
Alfonso Davila is a Research Scientist in the Exobiology branch at NASA Ames Research Center, where he helps develop strategies to search for evidence of life beyond Earth.

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