Could stuff be living on Saturn’s moon?

Are we alone in the Universe? It’s surely one of the biggest questions out there. In the first episode of 2026, the Oxford Sparks podcast chats with Dr Carly Howett, Associate Professor of Space Instrumentation in Oxford’s Department of Physics. Specialising in the study of the ‘icy worlds’ found in our outer Solar System, Carly explains why she thinks one of Saturn’s moons, Enceladus, could be a prime candidate for life, and shares the latest updates on how we might find it.