Enceladus - Interior Water Ocean World (IMAGE)
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Interior water ocean worlds like Saturn's moon, Enceladus, are prevalent throughout the universe. New research from Southwest Research Institute suggests that layers of rock and ice may shield life within such oceans, protecting it from impacts, radiation and other hazards and concealing it from detection. Layers of rock and ice may therefore shield and protect life residing in them, and also sequester them from threats and detection.
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NASA/JPL-Caltech/Southwest Research Institute
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