Stig Östlund

torsdag, januari 27, 2011

A Fizzy Ocean on Enceladus‏

Evidence is mounting that Saturn's moon Enceladus harbors a bubbly subterranean ocean where conditions might be friendly to life.

Read more:  http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/26jan_fizzyocean/
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The computer-generated image above shows a view of Saturn from Enceladus, one of its many moons. The moon's surface is snowy white and scored with rows of geysers shooting water and ice crystals. With Cassini's help, scientists learned that some ice plumes on the moon's south pole move at 1,360 miles per hour.
Enceladus is not even 300 miles across, but though it's tiny, new evidence of liquid water on its surface is leading scientists to wonder if its conditions could even support life.

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