Saturn

The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans

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The Tantalizing Mystery of the Solar System’s Hidden Oceans

And yet, defiantly, these alien seas remain liquid. A Mirror-Wrapped Ocean Scientists suspect that a handful of moons orbiting Jupiter and Saturn—and maybe even some spinning around Uranus and Neptune—harbor oceans. Hefty Ganymede and crater-scarred Callisto produce weak, Europa-like magnetic signals. Saturn’s haze-covered Titan, too, very probably has a liquid-water subsurface ocean. These “are the … Read more

NASA finds ‘life-sparking energy source’ on Saturn moon Enceladus – National

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NASA finds ‘life-sparking energy source’ on Saturn moon Enceladus – National

NASA scientists believe that the ice moon Enceladus, which orbits Saturn, could hold all the basic building blocks of life and might be our best bet at finding living organisms beyond Earth. Research has already revealed that Enceladus has water, carbon dioxide and methane present in the giant plumes of vapour that spew from its … Read more