Underground Microbial Life Could Survive on Mars, Europa and Enceladus Using Cosmic Rays

Jul 29, 2025 - 14:30
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Underground Microbial Life Could Survive on Mars, Europa and Enceladus Using Cosmic Rays
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this stunning mosaic of Enceladus on October 5, 2008 as the spacecraft sped away from this geologically active moon of Saturn. Image credit: NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute.

Radiolysis induced by Galactic cosmic rays could provide a viable energy source for microbial metabolism in the subsurface environments of rocky planetary objects such as Mars, Europa and Enceladus, according to new research led by New York University Abu Dhabi.

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