{"603075":{"#nid":"603075","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Methane on Saturn\u0027s moon Enceladus may be produced by microbes","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EScientists have long-thought that the icy world of Saturn\u0026#39;s moon Enceladus could possibly play host to microbial life within the subsurface ocean, which is hidden under a shell of ice. Now, thanks to some new Earthly research\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/nature.com\/articles\/doi:10.1038\/s41467-018-02876-y\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epublished\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this week in the journal\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003ENature Communications\u003C\/em\u003E, researchers have a little more proof that microbes could potentially thrive in that ocean\u0026#39;s briny water. Mashable reached out to School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u0026#39; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.eas.gatech.edu\/people\/glass-dr-jennifer\u0022\u003EJennifer Glass\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for comments.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2018-02-28 22:34:09","changed_gmt":"2018-02-28 22:36:32","author":"A. Maureen Rouhi","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Semiconductor Workforce","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/mashable.com\/2018\/02\/27\/enceladus-methane-alien-microbes\/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#NAaI37NnPSqG","dateline":{"date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"598844":{"id":"598844","type":"image","title":"Jennifer Glass (Photo by Maureen Rouhi)","body":null,"created":"1510788776","gmt_created":"2017-11-15 23:32:56","changed":"1510862598","gmt_changed":"2017-11-16 20:03:18","alt":"","file":{"fid":"228313","name":"2017-18 Diversity.JennGlass.square.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017-18%20Diversity.JennGlass.square.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/2017-18%20Diversity.JennGlass.square.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":53458,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/2017-18%20Diversity.JennGlass.square.jpg?itok=Ui6aPWCB"}}},"media_ids":["598844"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"177248","name":"Enceladus"},{"id":"12800","name":"methane"},{"id":"79441","name":"jennifer glass"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}