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Saturn's Moon Enceladus Has an Atmosphere

Posted by samzenpus on from the quite-but-a-little-chilly dept.

Dimentox writes "The Mercury News reports that the international Cassini spacecraft has discovered that Saturn's moon Enceladus has a significant atmosphere, NASA said Wednesday. The icy moon's atmosphere may be created by volcanism, geysers or gases escaping from the surface or the interior, the space agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said. Excluding Saturn's giant moon Titan, which was already known to have an atmosphere, it's the first discovery of an atmosphere on one of the more than 30 moons that orbit the ringed planet."

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  1. Enceladus has atmosphere... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    but, alas, lacks ambiance. We give it one star.

  2. Second First by LakeSolon · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excluding Saturn's giant moon Titan, which was already known to have an atmosphere, it's the first discovery of an atmosphere...

    Excluding the first it's the first? We have a word for that. "Second".

    ~Lake

  3. Excluding.... by jbum · · Score: 4, Funny

    Excluding the more than 30 moons that orbit the ringed planet, it's the first discovery of a moon orbiting the ringed planet!

  4. All your base are belong to us? by Jugalator · · Score: 4, Funny

    The Mercury News reports that the international Cassini spacecraft has discovered that Saturn's moon Enceladus has a significant atmosphere, NASA said Wednesday.

    Not only that, but I bet there's an entire rebel base there as well!
    NASA should better send down a probe there to check it out.

    --
    Beware: In C++, your friends can see your privates!
  5. MMMM. Mexican Food! by levitater · · Score: 3, Funny

    Homer: Mmmmmm.... Moon Enchiladas.

    Comic Book Guy: For your information, my corpulent comrade, it's "Enceladus," who in Greek mythology was a giant who was defeated in battle and buried under Mount Etna by Athena.

  6. So. . . does that mean *I* have an atmosphere? by jafac · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...The icy moon's atmosphere may be created by ...gases escaping from ... the interior...

    That could describe a lot of people I know.

    --

    These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
  7. First Post! by psychgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    Excluding the posts above, I *finally* have a first post.....