Study: Saturn’s Moon Hides Its Ocean
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Saturn’s moon hides its oceanPosted by: AuNewsA European study suggests that huge geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may ...
A European study suggests that huge geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may be fed by a salty sea below its surface.
Researchers detected salt particles in the volcanic vapour-and-ice jets that shoot hundreds of kilometres into space, which is the strongest evidence to date of a liquid ocean under the moon's icy crust.
The study published in the journal Nature boosts the odds of extraterrestrial life in our solar system.
Scientists knew that tiny Enceladus had two of the three essential ingredients for life.
One is an energy source produced by tidal warming, which may be driven by the shifting gravitational tug of its parent planet during the moon's lopsided orbit.
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- News Source: Androscoggin News | 4 months agoThey say the signs are found around one of the planet's 60 moons. Images taken by the Cassini spacecraft show plumes around the south pole of the tiny moon called Enceladus...Researchers say that makes it likely a large ocean exists under the moon's...
- News Source: Uinta County News | 4 months agoAfter decades of searching the outer limits of space for signs of life, it's been hiding away right under our noses all along. After Nasa's Cassini spacecraft picked up sodium salts near the south pole of Enceladus, Saturn's smallest moon, scientists...
- News Source: io9 | 4 months agoThe researchers bombarded the setup with X-rays for up to three days, representing the radiation that Titan would get from the sun over a period of about 7 million years. Afterwards, the still-frozen surface contained some organic compounds, but...
- Blog Source: www.nigerianbestforum.comThe plumes have been one of the great discoveries of the Cassini mission. Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has obtained strong evidence that Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus retains liquid water. The probe has detected sodium salts in the vicinity ...
- Blog Source: xenophilius.wordpress.comEnceladus (Nasa/JPL/SSI) Nasa's Cassini spacecraft has obtained strong evidence that Saturn's tiny moon Enceladus retains liquid water. The probe has detected sodium salts in the vicinity of the satellite, which appear to spew from its ... The fact
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Video Source: youtube.comWater on Enceladus Saturn's ...Video Source: youtube.comWater found on Saturn's moon Enceladus and where there is water there ... - Video Source: youtube.comSaturn's moon EnceladusVideo Source: youtube.comSaturn's moon Enceladus may have liquid water. ...
- Video Source: youtube.comEnceladus: Saturn's moonVideo Source: youtube.comCassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's moon Enceladus www.nasa....
- Video Source: youtube.comEnceladus: Saturn's moon 2Video Source: youtube.comCassini Tastes Organic Material at Saturn's moon Enceladus www.nasa....
- Video Source: youtube.comEnceladus - Saturns moonVideo Source: youtube.comData collected regarding Saturns moon Enceladus on the Cassini mission, ...
- Video Source: youtube.comJets on Saturn's Moon ...Video Source: youtube.comwww.nasa.gov Cassini has pinpointed where the icy jets erupt from the ...
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