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rieraci discovered this in Space Exploration
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rieraci discovered 4 months ago- T he latest encounter between NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Saturn's moon Enceladus has come tantalizingly close to revealing the second location in the solar system that could support life.
- geojim56 rated 3 months ago
From the page: "The latest encounter between NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Saturn's moon Enceladus has come tantalizingly close to revealing the second location in the solar system that could support life.
"Cassini first flew by the Arizona-sized moon 2 years ago and discovered it was ejecting geysers of water vapor and ice crystals. Ever since, mission scientists have been itching to take a closer look. They got their chance on 12 March, when the spacecraft skirted the moon at an altitude of only 50 kilometers before shooting through the vaporous jets. This time, the team reported today at a news conference at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C., Cassini's instruments picked up the presence of organic molecules: methane, ethane, formaldehyde, acetylene, cyanide, and propane. All are precursors of the more complex chemicals that combined to give rise to life on Earth."
