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Life by Cassandra Webb
Life by Cassandra Webb











Life by Cassandra Webb

Scientists believe the little moon has all the necessary prerequisites for simple forms of life to emerge, as its liquid ocean is sandwiched between a thick shell of ice and a rocky core that provides a source of nutrients.

Life by Cassandra Webb

Analysis of Cassini data previously found molecules in the Enceladus plume that might be signatures of life, like methane, carbon, oxygen and phosphorus. "Scientists are now curious what else might be spreading throughout the solar system with this powerful spray. Just how long has this process been operating at Enceladus? Another note from the article. "We have never expected this type of emission of water." "When we planned this, we thought we were going to see a little bit of water very close to the surface," Villanueva said. Although scientists expected to detect water on Enceladus, the result of Webb's first observation of the moon came completely by surprise. "The Webb measurements revealed that the water torrent gushes out of the barely 300-mile-wide (500 kilometers) Enceladus at a speed of 79 gallons (360 liters) per second, NASA said in a statement, fast enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool with water in a couple of hours. "We didn't see them in these measurements, but we are hoping that if things are there, we will be able to detect them in the future," Villanueva said.

Life by Cassandra Webb

Villanueva, however, said that Webb didn't find traces of these molecules during its first look at the intriguing water world. The moon's close proximity to Saturn also means the core is subject to enormous gravitational forces that likely generate heat inside the moon and with it, possibly, the chemical reactions that might help microorganisms to emerge. Analysis of Cassini data previously found molecules in the Enceladus plume that might be signatures of life, like methane, carbon, oxygen and phosphorus.

Life by Cassandra Webb

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Life by Cassandra Webb