How Enceladus got its stripes and astrobiology goes hip-hop

Welcome! "Alien Life" tracks the latest discoveries and thoughts in the various elements of the famous Drake Equation. Here's today's news:
g Stars - What is the habitable zone for the nearby star L 347-14?
g Abodes - A new study has revealed the origin of Enceladus' tiger stripes and subsurface ocean. These features are not the result of the moon having a hot core, and are instead caused by Enceladus' unusual chemical composition. See article.
g Cosmicus - Here are “10 Reasons Why Apollo 11 Moon Landing Was Awesome”.
g Learning - An academic hip-hop artist will perform for space scientists in the U.S. See article.

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