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Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn moon geyser images
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[quote:Chrit:MV8xODI2MzU1XzMwNDE3NjYyXzczQTIyMUU4] This is very interesting. [i]Article:[/i] The discovery that Enceladus probably harbours an [b]ocean[/b] in contact with the rocky core makes this moon an even more important target in the search for life elsewhere in the Solar System. The rocks could furnish the ocean with the chemical ingredients thought essential for life. "The kind of ecologies Enceladus might harbour could be like those deep within our own planet," Dr Porco said in an interview with Nasa's science website. The [b]habitable zone on Enceladus[/b] might be comparatively easy to access by future robotic space missions. Dr Porco added: "It's erupting out into space where we can sample it. It sounds crazy but it could be snowing microbes on the surface of this little world. "In the end, it's the most promising place I know of for an astrobiology search. We don't even need to go scratching around on the surface. We can fly through the plume and sample it. Or we can land on the surface, look up and stick our tongues out." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17550834 :alien03: [/quote]
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Cassini made its lowest pass yet over the south pole of Enceladus, at at an altitude of 74km (46 miles).
This allowed it to "taste" the jets of water vapour and ice that the moon spews forth into space.
The Nasa probe also made relatively close flypasts of two other Saturnian satellites: Dione and Janus.
The observations were made over 27 and 28 March.
The encounter was primarily designed for Cassini's ion and neutral mass spectrometer instrument, which sampled the composition of Enceladus's south polar plume.
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