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Signs of liquid water in Saturnian moon

8 Feb 2010, 11:29 UTC
Signs of liquid water in Saturnian moon

Scientists working on the Cassini space mission have found negatively charged water ions in the ice plume of Enceladus. Their findings, based on analysis from data taken in plume fly-throughs in 2008 and reported in the journal Icarus, provide evidence for the presence of liquid water, which suggests the ingredients for life inside the icy moon.

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