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The Abstract

The Case for Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon Just Got a Boost

Etched from death-defying ledges 12 stories high, vast rock panels of camels and horses preserve the talents of Ice-Age artists in the Arabian desert.
The Case for Alien Life on Saturn’s Moon Just Got a Boost
Cassini’s view of Enceladus’s plumes. Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that defied death, cooked out, bulked up, and capped it off with an extraterrestrial spit-take.

First, prehistoric peoples risked their lives to make art—and it was totally worth it. Then, what’s the best cut of a two-ton armadillo? Next, a funerary procession for a whale, a glow-up for a rogue planet, and a swim in an alien ocean.

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