We've Got to Go Back to Enceladus. Here's a Mission That Could Get the Science

Saturn's moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to look for life in the Solar System. It has an ocean of liquid water venting into space, and evidence from Cassini suggested that it's filled with organic molecules and nutrients for bacteria. A new mission that could continue the search, the Astrobiology eXploration at Enceladus (AXE), has been proposed. This would be a New Frontiers-class mission with a modest budget and a suite of instruments specifically chosen to maximize the scie...