After the Moon, humans hope to travel to Mars within the next decade.
Scientists reveal the best chances for discovering life on other planets.
Scientists have urged us to look for extraterrestrial life on Uranus and Enceladus.
NASA should prioritize missions to Saturn's distant planet and moon, according to researchers in a new planetary science and astrobiology decadal survey published by the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The survey report suggests research priorities for the next ten years, including the best opportunities for alien life discovery. It gathers scientific information through panels, papers, speakers, and other means.
The report, titled "Origins, Worlds, and Life: A Decadal Strategy for Planetary Science and Astrobiology 2023-2032," contends that the Uranus Orbiter and Probe should be NASA's highest priority flagship class planetary science mission over the next decade. The robotic mission would fly by Uranus and deliver a probe into the ringed gas giant's atmosphere, making it only the second mission to visit the planet and the first since Voyager 2 flew by Uranus in 1986.
According to the report's recommendations, a second-highest priority mission should head to the Saturn system to look for signs of alien life. The Enceladus Orbilander would orbit Saturn's moon Enceladus for two years before landing on its icy surface to study material thought to have erupted from a liquid ocean beneath the moon's icy crust.
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