What is stretching and squeezing due to Saturn's gravity?
What is NASA?
What is Titan?
What is a subsurface ocean?
What is the South Pole?
What are "blueberries", lack of small craters and evidence of erosion in large craters, and streaks of damp sand?
What is big and complicated pieces of hardware?
What is the scientific method?
What are differences in size, shape, color, composition, and required atmosphere?
What are water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, molecular nitrogen, propane, acetylene, formaldehyde, and traces of ammonia?
What is water?
What are time and circumstances?
What is that we are alone? (“deafening silence”)
What is liquid methane?
What is that we are not alone and the cosmos is more diverse than we ever expected?
What is hydrogen?
What are the Voyager missions?
What is providing jobs (for engineers, scientists, accountants, electricians, programmers, and experts in crafts not yet invented)?
What is 4.1 billion years ago?
What is high/costly?
What is Enceladus?
What is the amount of generated energy and heat?
What is visible light?
What is Cassini?
What is Mars?
Chemical reactions in hydrothermal vents at the bottom of Enceladus’ oceans give scientists information about
One of Saturn's moon, Europa, may have the potential for life due to this
This is the name of Saturn's largest moon and the only one in our solar system with a thick atmosphere
Traces of water on Mars exist in the form of these key observations (name one)
Attempting to find, capture, and study microbes in our solar system would have this monetary effect
Scientists are hoping to measure the amount of this type of gas in Enceladus' plume
Saturn’s small, cold, icy moon is known as this
Using this range of wavelengths between 400-700 nm may not be the only way to detect unknown microbes in our solar system
This is the single most important ingredient essential for human life
This institution has coined the term life as "a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution"
Cassini has detected the presence of many life supporting molecules including… (name at least two)
Our laws of physics are sculpted into unique forms by these criteria
The process of forming a hypothesis, testing through observations, analyzing data, and forming educated conclusions is known as this
This sister planet of Earth is considered by some as the true genesis, where our biochemical ancestors first lived
Titan's surface lakes are made of this chemical compound
Jets of water squirting from cracks near this part of Enceladus provide evidence of an underground ocean
According to author Dennis Overbye, one of two possible outcomes of searching for life in our solar system may lead to the discovery of this tragic ending
Contrary to popular belief, launching microbe finding instruments into our solar system would help our economy by
This twin-spacecraft odyssey taught us that no moon or world encountered was the same
Assuming life outside of Earth may take various forms, these few examples of differences may help us to more easily accept the possibility of its existence (name one)
The orbiter spacecraft originally intended to take detailed images and accurate measurements of atmospheric conditions and light spectra in space is known as
Discovering living organisms in our solar system would entail space exploration through launching these general types of machinery
Life takes hold quickly given the right conditions, made evident by the presence of life on Earth as early as
Liquid being released through tidal flexing of Enceladus is a result of this
According to author Dennis Overbye, one of two possible outcomes of searching for life in our solar system may lead to the discovery of this happy ending
