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Quantitative evaluation of the feasibility of sampling the ice plumes at Enceladus for biomarkers of extraterrestrial life

Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, is a compelling destination for a probe seeking biosignatures of extraterrestrial life because its subsurface ocean exhibits significant organic chemistry that is directly accessible by sampling cryovolcanic plumes. State-of-the-art organic chemical analysis instrum...

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Autores principales: New, James S., Kazemi, Bahar, Spathis, Vassilia, Price, Mark C., Mathies, Richard A., Butterworth, Anna L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8449353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34493668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2106197118