Saturn's moon holds Water that could lead to Future Life
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This 2006 NASA Cassini space probe mosaic image shows Saturn's moon ...Source: AFP
Scientists found in a new study that on one of Sat urns moons has an ocean bellow the surface. The importance is that water is the ingredient to life.
The icy moon is called Enceladu.
It gives off huge plumes of water vapor and ice grains, and scientists used the Cassini spacecraft to sample material from those jets. They found particles containing sodium salts, which indicates that the plumes arise from liquid water.
There were low sodium levels indicating that there was a deep ocean, one that wasnt seen before.
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Thats incredible news!Do you think people would go to the moon again to explore possibilities of living there?
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