603075 external_news 1519857249 1519857392 Scientists have long-thought that the icy world of Saturn'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 published this week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers have a little more proof that microbes could potentially thrive in that ocean's briny water. Mashable reached out to School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' Jennifer Glass for comments.

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