'Igredients for life' present on Saturn's moon Enceladus, say scientists
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - 15:35
in Astronomy & Space
Some of 'the major ingredients for life' are present on one of Saturn's moons, according to scientists. A team working on the Cassini-Huygens mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their analysis of data gathered during the spacecraft's plume fly-throughs in 2008 provide evidence for the presence of liquid water.