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Huge “plume” seen coming out of nearby moon that could support alien life

“When I was looking at the data, at first, I was thinking I had to be wrong. It was just so shocking to detect a water plume more than 20 times the size of the moon”

Alien-life hunters are eyeing icy ocean moons Europa & Enceladus

The late 2030s are a realistic launch target for an alien-ocean explorer, should NASA choose to develop one

Saturn Moon Enceladus’ buried ocean comes close to surface

The data come from NASA's Cassini spacecraft