Cassini Proves Complex Chemistry in Enceladus Ocean
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The Cassini mission has revealed complex chemistry in Enceladus' ocean, suggesting a potentially habitable environment, and sparking discussion about the moon's astrobiological significance.
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Phosphine gas on Venus: I think it was debunked.
now organic molecules on Enceladus: And there is plenty of organic molecules in Titan, but they are created by inorganic reactions. Something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miller%E2%80%93Urey_experiment at a moon scale. (Note that the modern versions use a very different gas mix, but the end result is similar.)