Is There Life on Triton?

Last week we examined the possibility of life on Neptune, and it didn’t look like a good candidate; despite having considerable amounts of frozen water under the surface (and the valuable biosignature methane), it’s still a frozen, ammonia-seeping gas giant on the far edge of the solar system. But what about its largest moon, Triton?

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There are several factors that make Triton a better candidate for life than Neptune:

• It’s a rocky moon, not a gas giant.
• It’s geologically active, which means that it could contain a liquid underground ocean.
• We already know that the surface of Triton is coated, in part, with frozen water.
• We also know that the surface of Triton is partially coated in frozen methane, which can be evidence of life.