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Cassini Finds Evidence of Water

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hey-there-little-space-buddies dept.

CheshireCatCO writes "Scientists working on the Cassini Mission think that they have found compelling evidence for the existence of liquid water at the south pole of the moon Enceladus. In addition to the obvious puzzles relating to how temperatures can be held high enough for liquid water, the presence of water, as well as the detection of organic molecules, opens up the possibility for life at Enceladus's south polar region. The findings are to appear in the 10 March issue of the journal, Science"

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  1. Further Link by CheshireCatCO · · Score: 5, Informative

    The editors changed my story link. My original submission had http://www.ciclops.org/ which has not only the press-release but several supporting images which might be of interested. Granted, our server is feeling the load pretty badly at the moment, but that'll probably ease up in a little while.

  2. Re:Saturn by Wyatt+Earp · · Score: 5, Informative

    Cassini was launched in 1997 and entered Saturn's orbit on July 1, 2004. On December 25, 2004 the probe separated from the orbiter and probe reached Saturn's moon Titan on January 14, 2005

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassini-Huygens