Tag: Subsurface ocean


  • Enceladus Ocean Evidence: Organic Molecules Detected

    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…