Quantifying uncertainty in sustainable biomass and production of biotic carbon in Enceladus' notional methanogenic biosphere

PM Higgins, W Chen, CR Glein… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Beneath Enceladus' ice crust lies an ocean which might host habitable conditions. Here, the
scale and productivity of a notional Enceladean methanogenic biosphere are computed as a …

A light sail astrobiology precursor mission to Enceladus and Europa

M Lingam, A Hibberd, AM Hein - Acta Astronautica, 2024 - Elsevier
Icy moons with subsurface oceans of liquid water rank among the most promising
astrobiological targets in our Solar System. In this work, we assess the feasibility of …

Astrobiological Exploration: Cosmic Evolution, Martian Habitats, and Prospects

R Sharma, C Ding, N Srivastava, Z Lei… - Martian Habitats, and …, 2024 - papers.ssrn.com
The cosmos, replete with the elemental diversity of Earth, continues to cloak the existence of
extraterrestrial life in mystery. Vital to the search for life is the identification of environments …