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EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

Closer than we think?

Nature Astronomy volume 2, pages 450–451 (2018)Cite this article

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With the ever-growing list of exoplanets fuelling hope for finding life beyond the Solar System, the recent Breakthrough Discuss meeting redirected attention back to our own neighbourhood.

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Fig. 1: The plume of Enceladus.

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