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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

Astronomers make huge discovery under Saturn’s moon that could change search for alien life

This image made by the Cassini spacecraft and provided by NASA on March 12, 2006, shows two of Saturn's moons, the small Epimetheus and smog-enshrouded Titan, with Saturn's A and F rings stretching across the frame - (NASA via AP)

Saturn's giant moon Titan may not have a vast underground ocean after all.

Titan may instead hold deep layers of ice and slush more akin to Earth’s polar seas, with pockets of melted water where life could possibly survive and even thrive, scientists said Wednesday.

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