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Cassini Spots Geysers On Saturn's Moon Enceladus

An anonymous reader writes "Huge geysers on Saturn's moon Enceladus may be fed by a salty sea below its surface, boosting the odds of extraterrestrial life in our own Solar System."

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  1. Implications of this finding are profound by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It means that if we find some kind of intelligent shrimp on Enceladus we will be able to eat them without adding salt.

    1. Re:Implications of this finding are profound by clem · · Score: 3, Funny

      Mmm. You can really taste the sentience, can't you?

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  2. Re:Good news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Good riddance.

    Don't let the Van Allen Belt hit you in the ass on the way out.

  3. Re:Why not create our own ET life? by doconnor · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Maybe it's something we can transplant?"

  4. Re:change the headline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are these similar to the methane geysers which were found recently to shoot out of Uranus ?

  5. Enchiladas by Saint+Stephen · · Score: 2, Funny

    Did anyone else read that as Moon Enchiladas?

    Mmmm.. Moon enchiladas...

  6. Re:Ohhh the Straits Times! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    WHY NOT GO DIRECTLY TO THE SOURCE!?

    Thus far, both the Cassini probe and Enceladusians have not responded to my requests for interviews.

  7. Re:Why not create our own ET life? by bgrantham · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You KNOW what she'll SAY..."

  8. Re:Which System? by Muad'Dave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Brutus's Rule: Never correct an 800 pound guorilla in the use or spelling of words.

    That's Brutus' Rule, and Gorilla, Brutus.

    8-)

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