Further evidence about water ocean on Enceladus
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 12:07
in Earth & Climate
Cassini has found further evidence to suggest that the Saturn's sixth largest moon Enceladus has a reservoir of water - perhaps an ocean - beneath its surface. A subsurface ocean could provide a suitable environment for the formation of life. The finding, published in the most recent (25 June) issue of Nature, was made by a European instrument team that detected sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn's outermost ring, which is primarily replenished by material from the jets of Enceladus...
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