Originally Posted by
The_Exile
Looks like Enceladus is likely to have microbial life under the ice sheet as there's now confident heat vents exist in the ocean beneath, this is what's causing the eruptions from the surface. Whilst not exactly ET as we would expect it, it just shows how incredible common "life" might be on other worlds. My Physics teacher always told us we'd find life or evidence of it on another world within our lifetimes and looks like he was right! Although he also said Betelgeuse would go supernova in our lifetime too (highly unlikely but it could happen tomorrow theoretically!). 1 out of 2 ain't bad I suppose.