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Alien Life in Hawaii? Astrobiologists Are Going to the Islands to Learn About Hunting Extraterrestrials on Enceladus

Alien Life in Hawaii? Astrobiologists Are Going to the Islands to Learn About Hunting Extraterrestrials on Enceladus

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http://www.newsweek.com/alien-life-hawaii-astrobiologists-are-going-islands-learn-about-hunting-953988

These days on Hawaii's Big Island, there's plenty going on above the surface to keep a host of scientists occupied, due to Kilauea's month-long and sometimes rapidly changing eruption. But soon, there will be a few more scientists focused on the island—although they'll be looking to understand a much more alien phenomenon than lava.

NASA scientists are spending research seasons this year and next piloting a submersible vessel off the coast of the Big Island to explore Lo'ihi, the still-underwater volcano that will thousands of years from now become the newest island in the Hawaiian chain.