Tag: Cassini
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Enceladus Ocean Evidence: Organic Molecules Detected
New Cassini Insights Point to a Hidden Ocean In the mid-2000s, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft revealed a surprising feature of Saturn’s moon Enceladus: a plume of gas and ice particles erupting from the south polar region. This discovery suggested that beneath Enceladus’s icy crust lay a hidden ocean. Later analyses showed that the grains carried organic…
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Enceladus Ocean: Organic Molecules and Hydrothermal Clues
Enceladus and Its Hidden Ocean: A Frontier in Planetary Science Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus continues to surprise scientists with a hidden ocean beneath a thick shell of ice. We now have growing evidence that this ocean not only exists but harbors organic molecules that could be assembled in hydrothermal environments at its floor. The combination…