article_snippet.sent: But the whole planet could have implications for finding life on frozen moons like Europa .
article_snippet.sent: This means that, were life to survive at the time, This would likely have had to remain in the water deep underground, below this icy crust.
article_snippet.sent: On other worlds in the solar system such as Europa, we see a similar icy crust - and are fairly confident that it, too, has a liquid ocean underground.
article_snippet.sent: But astronomers from Ohio State University pointed out that the whole planet would be in the 'habitable zone' where conditions are potentially suitable for liquid surface water and life.
article_snippet.sent: In other words, parts of the planet may have been encased in ice, but open seawater would still have existed in some locations, such as near the equator.
article_snippet.sent: Some moons in the solar system such as Enceladus (right) are covered in ice today, but believed to have oceans beneath Some moons in the solar system such as Enceladus (right) surface .
highlights_snippet.sent: But the whole planet could have implications for finding life on frozen moons like Europa .