Thursday, November 27, 2008
Water on Saturn's moooon
One of Saturn's moons, Enceladus, appears to have strong traces of water, which is a key building block of life. Astronomers, using images from NASA's Cassini probe, figured that the mysterious plumes coming from the moon contains water vapors.
"New calculations suggesting the gas and dust spew at speeds faster-than-sound make the case for liquid, said study lead author Candice Hansen of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Her team calculated the plumes travel more than 1,360 mph.
"New calculations suggesting the gas and dust spew at speeds faster-than-sound make the case for liquid, said study lead author Candice Hansen of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in California. Her team calculated the plumes travel more than 1,360 mph.
Reaching that speed 'is hard to do without liquids,' Hansen said. While her paper offers more evidence building on what others have found, she added that her research is not the final proof of liquid water on Enceladus (pronounced en-SELL-ah-dus)."
The thing I wonder is, will we ever figure out if there is life on that moon? I'm not much up to date with space exploration, but I don't think they can send much up there to actually find out at this current time... Mmm...
The Associated Press, (2008, November, 26). Astronomers find hints of water on
Saturn moon. CNN, Retrieved November 27, 2008, from
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/11/26/saturn.moon.water.ap/index.html
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