Incelatus, incelatus is a tiny little moon. It's getting tugged and squeezed by saturn that tidal energy. And you look at the surface, and the ice is all fractured. As those fractures open up, the ocean below is exposed to the vacuum of space. There are a lot of good ingredients for life on Europa.
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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