All of us can thank water for helping life emerge from the remnants of the big bang. Earth is awash in that slippery combination of hydrogen and oxygen, but we've always thought the rest of the solar system is mostly barren rock, noxious gases, and ice made from some really nasty stuff. This is not entirely the case, it seems. NASA announced Thursday that a subsurface ocean has been detected on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons, with hydrogen pouring into it from hydrothermal activity on the sea floor....
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-04-13/one-of-saturn-s-moons-has-the-potential-for-ocean-life?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews
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