Tiny creatures hidden inside oil on Earth could help researchers find alien life in deep space, researchers claim. German scientists believe that have discovered microbes living within droplets of water found within a lake in Trinidad and Tobago. Their discovery suggests that life could exist within similar ponds in distant moons such as Saturn's satellite Titan. Scientists believe that have discovered microbes living within droplets of water found within Lake Pitch The find was made on Pitch Lake, located at La Brea in the southwest of the country, which is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world.
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Scientists have found microbes living within drops of water found in oil
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Oil came from Pitch Lake, the world's largest natural deposit of asphalt
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Their discovery suggests that life could exist within similar lakes in distant moons such as Saturn's satellite Titan
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