Cassini finding hints at ocean within Saturn?s moon Enceladus

European scientists on the joint NASA/ESA Cassini mission have detected, for the first time, sodium salts in ice grains of Saturn?s E-ring, which is primarily replenished by material from the plumes of water vapour and ice grains emitted by Saturn?s moon Enceladus. The detection of salty ice indicates that the little moon harbours a reservoir of liquid water, perhaps even an ocean, beneath its surface.

Link: http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Cassini-Huygens/SEMH0X0P0WF_0.html

Time: 24. Jun. 2009

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Topics: cassini, enceladus, moon, ocean, saturn