"We are looking for things in the deep biosphere. We have to generate an hypothesis," says Nasa's John Grunsfeld. "The hypothesis is, if you bring together water, some chemical energy, or solar energy,. energy, energy, and the elements, the building blocks for life, you can formulate the hypothesis that life as we know it could arise a saturn's moon", he adds.
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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