US EditionMost Compelling Evidence yet that Saturn’s Icy Moon Has Hidden Heat that Could Support Life
Heat loss at Enceladus’ poles totals about 54 gigawatts, indicating a balance of heat production and loss that supports a stable, potentially habitable ocean.
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Saturn's icy moon, Enceladus, continues to reveal surprises that upset our understanding of ocean worlds. A new study has just shown that this little moon...
New signs of life discovered on Saturn's icy moon - A turning point in the research of Enceladus.
For the first time, researchers have detected a significant heat flow at the North Pole of Encelade, Saturn's already famous ice moon for its underground ocean and geysers at the South Pole. This discovery upsets our perception of this distant world and reinforces the hypothesis that Encelade could offer an environment conducive to life, [...]
New findings from NASA’s Cassini mission show that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons and one of the main candidates for extraterrestrial life, is losing heat through both poles, indicating that he possesses the long-term stability necessary for the development of life, according to researchers from Oxford University (UK), the Southwest Research Institute and the Tucson Institute of Planetary Sciences (USA). The findings are published in ‘Science …
Hidden ocean on Enceladus might be stable enough for life
Artist’s concept of the Cassini spacecraft sweeping past Saturn’s moon Enceladus and its famous water vapor plumes. In a new analysis of data from the Cassini mission, scientists measured heat flow at both of its poles for the 1st time. The study showed the subsurface ocean on Enceladus is likely stable enough to be habitable for life. Image via NASA/ JPL-Caltech. Saturn’s moon Enceladus has a salty, global subsurface ocean similar to Earth’s o…
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