The food chain at the bottom of the ocean is driven by cimo synthesis, the chemistry coming out of the hydrothermal vants in the rocks. And so if you go down in the surface, there could potentially be life on mars. We don't currently have a programme to dig that deep. Our exploration of mars with rovers like curiosity is going up a mountain with all sorts of different geological layers. So we're looking for evidence of life in the past, extinct life. The Curiosity rover is looking for similar kinds of hard rover of acord on mars.
What are the oceans like on Enceladus? Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the oceans of other planets in the search for alien life with planetary scientist Kevin Hand, oceanographer Julie Huber, and comedians, Eugene Mirman, Ellie Kemper, and John Mulaney!
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