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LSU researcher offers Saturn moon, China link
Shanghai :: China | 9 days ago
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A new LSU researcher-authored paper published in the Nature Geoscience academic journal points to possible answers. LSU Department of Geography and Anthropology Chairman Patrick Hesp, co-author of the paper “Multiple origins of linear dunes on Earth and...
Tags: linear dune, Saturn moon, China, LSU Department of Geography, Shanghai, Titan, Erg, Sedimentology, Coastal geography, Dunes
Salty Sea May Lurk Under Saturn Moon
Heidelberg :: Germany | 5 months ago
Credibility NPR.org , June 24, 2009 · A small, icy moon that orbits Saturn probably has an underground saltwater ocean, according to scientists who have found sodium in tiny ice grains that have spewed out of the moon and into Saturn's outermost ring. Cassini spacecraft...
Tags: Saturn moon, Ocean Hidden Inside Saturn, moon Enceladus, moons enceladus, water vapor, cassini spacecraft, ocean beneath, saturn moons, liquid water, ice grains
Saturn moon's surface may be volcanically active
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Recent observations from the international Cassini spacecraft suggest Saturn's largest moon may be volcanically active. More News Radar images point to flows on the surface of Titan that could be the result of suspected ice volcanoes spewing chilled...
Tags: saturn moon, space, liquid
Hopes rise for liquid water on Saturn moon
Astronomers looking at the spectacular supersonic plumes of gas and dust shooting off one of Saturn's moons say there are strong hints of liquid water, a key building block of life. Their research, appearing in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature,...
New evidence of water in Saturn moon
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The pioneering US spacecraft Cassini has turned up fresh evidence that water exists on Enceladus, the beguiling moon of Saturn where, some experts believe, the potential ingredients for life exist. Plumes of vapor, disgorged high above the satellite's...
Tags: water, moon, liquid, enceladus, saturn moon, liquid water, Saturn, news, moon Enceladus, saturn moons
Cassini flyby gathers dust, water particles from Saturn's moon
Portland :: OR :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility he international Cassini space probe flew within 16 miles of the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Thursday — a breathtakingly close flyby designed to gather dust and water particles that will help scientists better understand the recently discovered...
Tags: enceladus, moon, water, geyser, saturn moon, Cassini, Saturn, moon Enceladus
U.S. to strengthen astrobiology research
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility Astrobiology Institute Director Carl Pilcher. "They are focused on fundamental questions of life in the universe, but their work has implications for all of science. For example, one of these new team will investigate the habitability of icy worlds, such...
Tags: saturn moon, nasa, saturn, titan, moon, NASA Astrobiology Institute
Saturn's moon has Ingredients for Life
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The basic ingredients for life — warmth, water and organic chemicals — are in place on Saturn's small moon Enceladus, scientists said on Wednesday in detailing the content of huge plumes erupting off its surface. The scientists described
On Saturn's moons, some unexpected hints of water
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility The more the craft Cassini flies past these two moons, the more tantalizing they become as targets for follow-up missions. "We've got to find a way to get back there," says Hunter Waite Jr., a space physicist with the Southwest Research Institute
Tags: saturn, moon, water, enceladus, geyser, liquid, Saturn Moon, saturn moons, basic ingredients, moons enceladus
Titan May Harbor Underground Ocean
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility A vast ocean of water and ammonia may lurk deep beneath the surface of Titan, the intriguing, orange moon of Saturn already known for its blanket of clouds and dense atmosphere.
Tags: titan, saturn, moon, saturn moon, water, liquid, Saturnian moon, moons titan, underground ocean, Cassini
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