"Scientists: Detecting Signs of Life on Saturn's Moon Enceladus is Viable"

Scientists have conducted a lab experiment to determine if amino acids in the ice plumes shooting up from Saturn's moon Enceladus could survive contact with a spacecraft. The experiment showed that amino acids within ice grains could withstand impact speeds of up to 9,400 mph, suggesting that they could be collected without being destroyed. This finding has implications for future missions to other water-bearing moons, such as Jupiter's Europa, where similar amino acids may exist. The study was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.